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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]A question for anyone using Canon flashes with RF triggers:<o></o
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"]<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"]<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"]·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"] <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]The default setting for my Canon 430EX Speedlite (<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]C.Fn-01) is set to “ON” and is described as such:<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]<o
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"]<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]To save battery power, the power will turn off automatically after 90 sec. of idle use. To turn on the Speedlite again, press the shutter button halfway. Or press the Speedlite’s test firing button.<o
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"]<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"]<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"]·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"] <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]The default setting for my Canon 430EX Speedlite (<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]C.Fn-02) is set to “Auto power off after 60 min.”<o
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]When shooting off-camera via RF triggers, having the flash units turn off after 90 seconds is unacceptable.<o
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]I believe this leaves me with two options:<o
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"]<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"]<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"]1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"] <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]Set the C.Fn-01 to “OFF” which would leave the flash on until I physically turned the switch on the back of the flash to “OFF”<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]<o
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"]<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"]<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"]2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"] <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;"]Set the “MODE” switch on the back of the flash to “Slave” so that the flash <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"]Auto power off after 60 minutes.<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;"]<o
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;"]My question is this:<o
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;"]Will setting the mode on my <span style="color: black;"]Canon 430EX Speedlites to “Slave” create any problems when trying to trigger them via RF trigger?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"] My concern is that the flashes will not fire via RF triggers if they are in the slave mode and expecting an IR trigger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"] Any thoughts?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"] Any concerns that this could damage the flash?<o
<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"]I am expecting my CTR-301Ps to be delivered any day now so I can soon just test this theory myself but if I don’t want to do so if anyone feels that it could harm my flash units.
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