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ItsMeLenny

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Has anybody DIY'd a wireless flash
« on: October 09, 2013, 06:38:01 AM »
Has anybody attempted their hand at creating some sort of wireless flash synchronization?
Something similar to a transmitter unit that attaches to the camera, with receiver units on each flash.
(Just old manual flashes, not new canon ones).
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ilguercio

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Re: Has anybody DIY'd a wireless flash
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 06:46:41 AM »
There are triggers on ebay.
No real need to DIY anything.
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Re: Has anybody DIY'd a wireless flash
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2013, 08:53:54 AM »
Yongnuo RF-603, $30 off ebay.

They work as remote shutters too  ;)

The Yongnuo YN-622C will do wireless TTL for $80 or so.  Haven't tried these myself yet.
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Re: Has anybody DIY'd a wireless flash
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2013, 10:16:28 AM »
I have six Yongnuo RF-603 (4 for Canon, 2 for Nikon, these are working with Pentax too). Works great, cheap, easy to use.
I worked with some RF-622 for Nikon but never tried the Canon version.
I've also built some DIY radio remote controller for Nikon flash (the protocol is more or less reverse-engineered), but hard to find a fast radio transmitter (without a long delay) so finally got the radio chip out from the RF-622s and use that.
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Re: Has anybody DIY'd a wireless flash
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 03:28:27 PM »
Oh sweet, I'll check em out.
Didn't even know.
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