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Re: 550ex or st-e2

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From: MarkH (markat_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Sat Apr 03 2004 - 00:58:40 EST

"Mike Jenkins" <mcjenk_at_earthlink.net> wrote in
news:_9sbc.12543$Dv2.9522_at_newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> Hi, I recently purchased a canon 10D. I already had 2 550ex flashes.
> My question is this: Will I be better served buying a ST-E2 as a
> master for both flashes? Or should I spend $150.00 more and buy
> another 550? Money IS an object, but, if using a 550 as a master, and
> also getting the added flexibility with the additional strobe, it
> seems it may be more sensible coughing up the extra $$$ for the 3rd
> 550.
> Can anybody tell me the advantages of having the ST-E2, as opposed to
> using
> a 3rd 550 as a master?

Were you wanting a flash on the camera plus 2 others? Or were you wanting
2 flashes at different locations with none on the camera?

My understanding is that the ST-E2 is used when you don’t want the light
source on the camera, but you want to position 2 slaves at different angles
to light the subject from 2 positions and take the photo from a third
position.
  

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Mark Heyes (New Zealand)
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