Chapter 11. Wireless Speedliting, the Canon Way
CANON’S BUILT-IN WIRELESS SYSTEM 127
THE MASTER: ONE SPEEDLITE HAS TO BE IN CHARGE 128
TO FIRE OR NOT TO FIRE: THE MASTER WANTS TO KNOW 130
THE SLAVE: THE WORKER BEE OF WIRELESS FLASH 132
CHANNELS: EVERYONE HAS TO BE THE SAME 134
GROUPS: ASSIGNING SPECIFIC JOBS TO SPECIFIC SPEEDLITES 136
GETTING RATIONAL ABOUT RATIOS 137
A:B RATIOS: SPLITTING UP THE LOAD BETWEEN TWO GROUPS 140
A:B C RATIOS: THREE-GROUP E-TTL 144
WIRELESS SPEEDLITING IN MANUAL ONLY 146
FREE-AGENT WIRELESS: FIRING SPEEDLITES IN E-TTL AND MANUAL TOGETHER 148
MOVING YOUR MASTER OFF-CAMERA—WAY OFF CAMERA 150
RADIO OPTIONS FOR WIRELESS E-TTL 151
Figure 11.1. Mastering Canon’s wireless system takes practice. If you stick with it, your ...
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