Vagabond II & Speedlights - PhotoCamel

robsonj · 3 Weeks Ago

Hi there,

I have a couple of 580exII's and a couple of AlienBee 800's. I was looking into a Vagabond II inorder to get my AB800's more mobile. I was wondering if there was any way to also power the Canon 580exII from a vagabond? The vagabond is basically an AC power point, so I guess if there is a reasonably priced way to plug a 580exII in the wall, that would do the trick, but I cant find anything.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Jonathan

chris78cpr · 3 Weeks Ago

With the sort of AA's you can get nowadays that are so high powered why would you need to plug the speedlights into the vagabond?

If you powering two 800's surely you want to be using all the power to drive them to get consistent flash outputs rather than have a couple of speedlights sucking power from it too.

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robsonj Vicuna Location: Naperville Posts: 76 CamelKarma: 2043 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Vagabond II & Speedlights Hi there, I have a couple of 580exII's and a couple of AlienBee 800's. I was looking into a Vagabond II inorder to get my AB800's more mobile. I was wondering if there was any way to also power the Canon 580exII from a vagabond? The vagabond is basically an AC power point, so I guess if there is a reasonably priced way to plug a 580exII in the wall, that would do the trick, but I cant find anything. Any ideas? Cheers Jonathan __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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chris78cpr Vicuna Location: London - UK Posts: 62 CamelKarma: 10 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Vagabond II & Speedlights With the sort of AA's you can get nowadays that are so high powered why would you need to plug the speedlights into the vagabond? If you powering two 800's surely you want to be using all the power to drive them to get consistent flash outputs rather than have a couple of speedlights sucking power from it too. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.

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