Comments on: How To Use Radiopoppers To Trigger Your Studio Strobes and Non TTL Flashes http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/how-to-use-radiopoppers-to-trigger-your-studio-strobes-and-non-ttl-flashes Zeke Kamm's photography magazine is packed with photo tips to help you think about the "why to" not just the "how to." Bring a little fine art to your photography. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:31:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TP http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/how-to-use-radiopoppers-to-trigger-your-studio-strobes-and-non-ttl-flashes/comment-page-1#comment-663 TP Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:07:38 +0000 http://www.nicephotomag.com/?p=294#comment-663 Russ, You mentioned covering up the "pre-flash" lights on the ST-E2. Which lights are these? On the front of the ST-E2, there are two red plastic covers; behind the upper one is the "transmitter" and behind the lower one is the "AF assist beam emitter". Which one sends the pre-flash? Thanks. Russ,

You mentioned covering up the “pre-flash” lights on the ST-E2. Which lights are these?
On the front of the ST-E2, there are two red plastic covers; behind the upper one is the “transmitter” and behind the lower one is the “AF assist beam emitter”. Which one sends the pre-flash?

Thanks.

]]> By: Russ http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/how-to-use-radiopoppers-to-trigger-your-studio-strobes-and-non-ttl-flashes/comment-page-1#comment-519 Russ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:21:46 +0000 http://www.nicephotomag.com/?p=294#comment-519 Thanks for the advice Mr. K! If there's any other readers out there who might know about how to control the manual flash intensity via the ST-E2 and/or the camera & ST-E2 that info would be much appreciated. Have a good one! Thanks for the advice Mr. K!

If there’s any other readers out there who might know about how to control the manual flash intensity via the ST-E2 and/or the camera & ST-E2 that info would be much appreciated.

Have a good one!

]]> By: Mr.K http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/how-to-use-radiopoppers-to-trigger-your-studio-strobes-and-non-ttl-flashes/comment-page-1#comment-513 Mr.K Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:57:37 +0000 http://www.nicephotomag.com/?p=294#comment-513 Hi Russ, My guess would be that the 80% of the time it worked it just so happened that the studio strobes didn't "see" the preflash. But I've never used the ST-E2 so perhaps another reader could speak up on this subject. If you have pocket wizards you could also plug a transmitter onto your camera through the PC port to set off your studio strobes while still using your radio popper to trigger the flashes. Might look a bit silly, but should work. Nice! Hi Russ,

My guess would be that the 80% of the time it worked it just so happened that the studio strobes didn’t “see” the preflash. But I’ve never used the ST-E2 so perhaps another reader could speak up on this subject.

If you have pocket wizards you could also plug a transmitter onto your camera through the PC port to set off your studio strobes while still using your radio popper to trigger the flashes. Might look a bit silly, but should work.

Nice!

]]> By: Russ http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/how-to-use-radiopoppers-to-trigger-your-studio-strobes-and-non-ttl-flashes/comment-page-1#comment-511 Russ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.nicephotomag.com/?p=294#comment-511 Hi - thanks for the tip! I had problems with this exact issue just yesterday. Most of the time my studio strobes would sync correctly with my 580ex II via the studio strobe's optical sensor, but about 20% of the time the photo would only show the output of the 580ex II. I used this gear: Canon 40D Canon ST-E2 with Radiopopper transmitter Canon 580ex II set to manual with Radiopopper receiver 3 Norman 600 mono heads fired via optical slaves triggered by the 580ex II (ironically, the Normans have built-in PocketWizards, but I also want to incorporate my hot shoe flashes) It was likely that the ST-E2 was falsely triggering the Normans sometimes with its pre-flash. I'll cover the ST-E2's pre-flash lights and try again. Radiopopper question: Do you know if it's possible to adjust the output of my 580's when using the ST-E2 (master) & 580's (slaves set to manual)? Thanks! Russ Hi – thanks for the tip! I had problems with this exact issue just yesterday. Most of the time my studio strobes would sync correctly with my 580ex II via the studio strobe’s optical sensor, but about 20% of the time the photo would only show the output of the 580ex II.

I used this gear:
Canon 40D
Canon ST-E2 with Radiopopper transmitter
Canon 580ex II set to manual with Radiopopper receiver
3 Norman 600 mono heads fired via optical slaves triggered by the 580ex II
(ironically, the Normans have built-in PocketWizards, but I also want to incorporate my hot shoe flashes)

It was likely that the ST-E2 was falsely triggering the Normans sometimes with its pre-flash. I’ll cover the ST-E2′s pre-flash lights and try again.

Radiopopper question: Do you know if it’s possible to adjust the output of my 580′s when using the ST-E2 (master) & 580′s (slaves set to manual)?

Thanks!
Russ

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