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I am a professional wedding photographer and I bought this as a back up to my wireless triggers. I was quite surprised to find that the unit barley ever triggered a flash even with another flash pointed right at it in a dimly lit room. I have other triggers similar to this one that can even work outdoors in the shade. This unit was completely ineffective.

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excelent.

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This Speedlight optical Slave works great i have 2 of them and they always fire reliably. i would recomend them to anyone looking for a good, inexpensive shoe mount opical slave!

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Bought this to aid in taking my Grand Daughter's wedding pictures. [...] a great price and best of all works well.

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this flash trigger fits horribly on my sb-600 it will only work if the flash is lying on the ground, i tryed mounting it to my manfroto light stand and was impossible to get to work. i had to shove a piece of foil near the lock switch just to get it to work 1 in 10 times. i wouldnt reccoment this unit its worth the money to get a more solid one.

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Tried it on two different flash units and couldn't get it to work even with my main flash pointed straight at it.

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The good is, the unit works, even with dedicated flash units . Not a lot more you can say about something like this.
The only con I find is, it does not pick up the master flash unless it is turned enough for the front part to catch the light. The side part of the sensor was not enough. I wish it was more sensitive.
Conversely, this is not expensive and serves my purpose well enough.

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I have two of these and use them in my portrait studio. This is an outstanding unit for the price.

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It could have a bit more sturdy construction, especially on the shoe, but having the threaded mount lets you overcome that. I have several, and none of them has misfired once.

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Very good device for a great price. I have two of them. They work well and reliably. They are plastic and solid. I've had no issues.


The expected things to be aware of is that they will fire on TTL Pre-Flashes; but you shouldn't be using these for TTL. If they happen to be sitting in a bright sun they can become insensitive to your flash. I hear a piece of tape placed in the right spot may help. Again, expected for any optical slave.

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Not very well built, but does the job and is inexpensive

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I would say this worked about 75% of the time, although the times it didn't work may have been because of poor line of sight or weak main flash. It's easy to use though.

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Slave unit is reliable and easy to use on flash units, especially for supplemental lighting. I use them in still life and close-up photography. The fact that they are one-piece units is helpful, unlike remote triggers and receivers. The only downside is the need for a relatively clear view of triggering flash.

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the unit only worked if it was within 3 feet of the master. sucked. don't buy it! waste of money!

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I have been collecting a few different types of flash triggers for studio and location shoots. In the studio these seemed to work fine with no misfires yet. Using them on some Vivitars (285HV and an older 2850) with great results. Not as rigidly constructed as higher-priced triggers, but you cannot beat the value for the cost.

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I purchased three to use with the SB-800 & SB-600 when I wanted them to work as fill and highlight strobes with wired studio grade flashes.

The three shoes all had different tolerances with different levels of fit. None worked firmly with the shoe-lock on the SB-800/600. Modifications to the shoe were required to tighten the fit.

Once fitted, the slave worked reliably indoors. Outside in ambient lighting, the slave was erratic and unreliable (as are most such passive photoeye devices).

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Won't work with Canon flash with hotshoe.
Will work with Canon pc connection (e.g. 580 ex II)

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This is work as long as the unit can see the flash well

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Great device has not missed a single shot.

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I use this device to slave an old,high output, Vivitar 365 w/ my Pentax K110D

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I purchased this unit to try with my old Vivitar 2800 flash mounted with an umbrella and used for fill with a Nikon SB600, Nikon 50dx flash and my flash meter. The slave works just fine. Has yet to misfire. The foot is plastic.. so be careful when using!! My results have been very good. If you're not sure which slave to buy, this one is dependable and a great buy for the money.

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This worked great to wirelessly control my SB-600 from my Nikon D50. I definitely had to have both the camera and flash in Full Manual mode, and no TTL!

My only big complaint is how loose my flash fits in the device, and also how very loose the device fits in my flash stand. The device does have the option to attach a tripod screw, so that is a plus, but very careful handling is required.

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Flashes could fit a little tighter in shoe. Not a strong device for steady commercial use. Works very well for me though. Adequate range and never failed to trigger flash yet.

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Overall great product. I only wish the unit was constructed of metal. The hot shoe foot seems VERY fragile. But, otherwise...right on target!

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If you have older model strobes that can't be used on todays low voltage cameras, this unit will work well to make it an off camera slave.

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I ordered this thinking it was a slave flash, the description of the site was very brief and didnt make it clear (to me at least) that the way this works. You can hook it to most flashes and it turns them into a flash activated flash. I use it with my Olympus E-500 and a Sunpak 383 flash. The only downside is that you have to make sure it is close enough to your main flash so it picks it up and fires.

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Didn't work in large space

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Works great. Allows me to fire my Nikon SB600 wirelessly with a Nikon D50, with both set to manual mode.