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Comments about Morris Morris DS-1 Digital Slave Trigger with Hot Shoe Mount.:
Did not work in any mode. I changed the battery (weak construction) and it still did not work. [...]
from Sunnyvale, CA on 5/19/2009
Comments about Morris Morris DS-1 Digital Slave Trigger with Hot Shoe Mount.:
I got this digital slave as part of the Morris Camera flash bracket.
Out of the box, the slave would only work in film mode. I thought it was the battery. Opened it up. Battery is buried inside. Very delicate wires. Replaced battery. Now the flash triggers everytime I turn it on or off, but not in film or digital mode. It's worthless.
Canon SD880 and Vivitar 285HV
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Comments about Morris Morris DS-1 Digital Slave Trigger with Hot Shoe Mount.:
I have a handful of these things, and I use them all the time.
Most common use is portrait photography with multiple Nikon SB600 and 800's- usually 5 or 6 total flashes.
They will NOT work using any of the Nikon CLS modes. These rely on preflashes to communicate with between the camera/flashes, and the poor little Morris doesn't know how to talk that language.
However, I am not a big fan of the Nikon CLS for portraits (I get results that are too eratic)- so I do all my portraits with pure manual exposures. (Not the CLS-MANUAL setting, but pure manual). This means I manually dial in the flash power on each unit, and let the Morris units trigger from a single flash on my camera- usually the built-in flash on my D70 is enough to do it.
The whole setup works great.
They seem cheaply made, but have held up to quite a bit of use. Definitely a much better deal for me than the Nikon SU-4 since they are half the price.
Since they don't rotate in as many directions as the SU-4, it can sometimes be a bit of a challenge getting the flash and sensor in the right direction, but it usually works out. They are fast enough to daisy chain.
[5 of 8 customers found this review helpful]
from Central Jersey on 11/8/2006
Comments about Morris Morris DS-1 Digital Slave Trigger with Hot Shoe Mount.:
Does not work with my Canon 580 EX flash or my Sigma EF-500 Super DG
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Comments about Morris Morris DS-1 Digital Slave Trigger with Hot Shoe Mount.:
Will not work with my Minolta 5D, does work with my Minolta point and shoot.