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connecting my wireless trigger with my 580EXII flash?


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I have just received my "4-Channel Wireless Flash Receiver" I tried to connect

it to my Canon580EXII but the flash doesn't seem to have a jack to connect the

cable into. Does anyone know how to guide me through?

 

If it isn't necessary to connect receiver with flash via cable then perhaps I

must adjust my flash settings? Should I set it to slave? I tried it with no results.

 

The flash does goes off, when I connect the transmitter with the receiver via

cable when pressing the test button, only then.

 

My camera is a Canon 400D.

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The 580EX II does have a PC socket, but in flash manual mode, I believe it is non functional. Michael Bass (he has a blog--google it) can make the socket fully functional, for a price. Or, you can get a hotshoe adapter for flashzebra.com, but I believe there are some caveats using the 580EX II this way--I am not sure of the specifics. You can try asking Lon, the owner of flashzebra, or do some research on the strobist forum on flickr.
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