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Old 06-23-2008   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Canon's 540EZ on a Hot Shoe Slave?

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Originally Posted by JohnC View Post
I've never tried that. Does that work well with portraits? I would think that having the flash fire twice with a few seconds between would dampen spontaneity or cause other issues with the subject looking away, blinking, etc.

But it should work for still lifes.
I use it just that, I don't know to what extent would the portraits would be affected. I wonder if you turn off ETTL and go to manual mode, if it will still fire a pre-flash, I'm guessing not...
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