Flash photography tip: Communicate wirelessly

Tuesday 11 April 2023, 21:12 by Elja Trum | 2,640 views | 0 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

In the past, you had to connect a flash you wanted to use away from your camera to your camera with a cable. Working with multiple flashes was particularly awkward. Fortunately, you can now do this wirelessly with ease.

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Infrared solutions were later introduced, so you no longer needed a cable. However, infrared requires a direct line of sight. So you cannot simply place a flash somewhere behind something, as it will no longer fire at the right moment.

These days, radio communication is the standard. This often works perfectly at distances of tens of metres, and placing a flash out of sight is no longer a problem. Very handy!

When buying a flashgun, make sure that your flash supports and can be set up for radio communication. Such a flash also needs a transmitter unit that you attach to your camera. You usually have to buy this separately.

One transmitter can control multiple flashes, and it is very useful if your transmitter also allows you to control your flash remotely. You can then adjust the power, the zoom head position and so on directly from your camera, without having to walk over to the flash each time.

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