5600HS as slave for P&S digicam


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reno77

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Is it possible to use the 5600 as a slave for a Digital P&S ? I just got the free 2MP Benq from starhub, but the flash is not powerful. Was thinking of using the 5600 as a bounce flash. Is it possible ? Do I need to buy something else (ie light sensor) and attach it to the flash ?
 

Just set the 5600 to slave and it will detect the flash of the P&S camera and fire. I dunno whether the flash synch on the camera will be too fast or not but u can try.

reno77 said:
Is it possible to use the 5600 as a slave for a Digital P&S ? I just got the free 2MP Benq from starhub, but the flash is not powerful. Was thinking of using the 5600 as a bounce flash. Is it possible ? Do I need to buy something else (ie light sensor) and attach it to the flash ?
 

I doubt it will work cos Minolta flashes DO NOT work as slave in that manner. Minolta wireless flash work by the triggering flash sending out a signal to the wireless flash and thereby triggering the wireless flash.

It's probably a better idea to buy one of those $10-20 flash with slave function to use that as a slave flash.
 

Thanks for the comments guys. I tried setting the 5600 to all the available modes but cant make it work as a wireless flash. Guess i'll have to get a cheapo flash to work as a slave .
 

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