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580EXII Master & Slave problems

pullandbang · 2015-09-17 11:49:29

I've two Canon 580 EX II's and I'm having issues using them as master and slave. I set one to Master and the other to Slave - straight forward enough. However, on test firing the master I can see a huge delay in the slave one firing. It must be a quarter of a second delay. The same thing happens when I fire it from the…

17-09-2015 11:49am

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I've two Canon 580 EX II's and I'm having issues using them as master and slave.

I set one to Master and the other to Slave - straight forward enough. However, on test firing the master I can see a huge delay in the slave one firing. It must be a quarter of a second delay. The same thing happens when I fire it from the camera or use them off camera with triggers.

Any suggestions?

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#2 18-09-2015 11:17am

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I am not sure if this would cause it but any chance one of them is set to second / rear curtain sync ? The symbol on the flash lcd is like 3 little triangles.

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