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Canon® EOS Digital Photography Photo Workshop
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Canon® EOS Digital Photography Photo Workshop

by Serge Timacheff
May 2008
Beginner
297 pages
9h 14m
English
Wiley
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8.4. OTHER FLASH EQUIPMENT

Canon offers three specific flash accessories beyond its Speedlite flashes; however, a wide variety of flash accessories exists for Canon flashes beyond those offered specifically by Canon, including different products that help you bounce and diffuse flashes, and that bracket-mount the flash (a separate mechanical device on which you mount your flash and that lets you swivel it for optimal positioning for vertical and horizontal camera shots), and that provide external power sources.

Another handy device for flash photography is the Off Shoe Camera Cord OC-E3. It is a coiled cable that connects at one end to your camera's hot shoe, and at the other end to your flash. This lets you mount or hold your flash separately from your camera, giving you a lot of flexibility for firing the flash from a variety of positions.

You should check with major camera product retailers such as B&H Photo (www.bhphotovideo.com) and Adorama (www.adorama.com) to see the wide variety of accessories beyond the Canon offerings.

Canon also offers minor accessories, such as cable extensions, macro light adapters, and other utility products that are commonly available from multiple vendors.

8.4.1. MASTERS AND SLAVES

The terms master and slave in flash photography refer to a single light (master) that, when it fires, causes other flashes (slaves) to fire instantaneously with it; ...

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