How does the camera tell the flash to fire if the flash is not connected to the hot shoe? There doesn't appear to be any electrical connection.
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You will need a flash cord, its model varies according to tour camera's maker.
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Dennis, There is a sync cord that connects from the flash to the cameras hot shoe. They normally cost about $20.00 depending on the brand. I keep a couple in my bag just in case one malfunctions. Some of the latest model cameras may be wireless now just like computer printers. DD
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Yes. Each connected flash behaves as if directly on the hot shoe. I have used four flashes concurrently this way and results are perfect. Ittl ore fires all of them and behaves as if a more powerful flash were used. I am a Nikon user.
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As far as I know the camera does not need to be in any particular setting for the flash to fire. Make sure you can fire the flash independednt of the camera, that is by pressing the button on one of the triggers manually.
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This flash will fire but please keep in mind there is no communication to the camera. This is more of a manual flash. Hope that helps.
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I looked up your camera. I don't think it has a hot shoe mount for an external flash. If it does (is there a "flap" that hides it?), then you can put this on it. Even if it doesn't, this flash has a slave function that lets you fire it off when you fire off your built-in flash. So you could still get really flash results just using this flash in slave mode.
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It's really easy of you havE a remote: one connects to the hot show of the camera an the other connects to the sync port of the strobe flash: however I have noticed the strobes are " slave " flashes.... So when it detects a flash I. The room, the strobes will fire
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There is a switch on the back of the camera towards the top, above the display screen, if you switch it the flash will pop up and then it should work since there is a sensor on it, and if it doesn't work right away I noticed that if you pull the switch again (while the flash is up) you can basically toggle the flash on and off while it's in the up position. The flash on this camera is not exposed, it is a pop up, so unless the flash was up to begin with and still wasn't working, you probably just had your flash in the off position. For a better explanation you can take a look in your Nikon Manual, go to the index, and search flash. There should be all you need to know right there. Hope I helped :)
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This camera does not have any flash. It only has the hot shoe for an external flash unit.
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Not sure, but would assume so. The transmitter mounts on the hot shoe and sends the signal from the camera to the receiver with the flash mounted on it. Wish I could be of more assistance.
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The area of the camera where the flash/triggers connect is called the hotshoe. I'm not sure about the more specific connection points in the hotshoe area.
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It is strictly a corded mike. The cord must be plugged into the camera's external mike jack. The hot shoe is only used to hold the mike onto the camera.
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The sync cable goes into the back of one of the lights. Make sure they are all set on NOR under the slave switch. Then try testing the flash with the button on top of the hot shoe on the camera. They should all fire then. I had issues with this also to begin with and had to "trial and error" it until it worked. I hope this helps.
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There is another option with this strobe. The flash will trigger from either another strobe/flash or an infrared trigger. A lot of cameras (mine included) has the ability to flash with infrared light so there is no attached light in the image. The flashes are triggered by that light when in slave mode. In simplest terms, if the flash is wired to the camera, it is a master. If it is off camera, it is a slave unit, regardless of what triggering method used.
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I would think that just having a good hot shoe connection is the most relevant thing. I use a Vivitar 285HV sometimes, but it may be the lower trigger voltage version. It fires that unit just fine, as well as tripping the shutter on my camera, with a remote shutter cord that came with it.
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If the question is "if it comes with a hot shoe adapter that will allow you to use a PC cord to fire your flash from a camera that only has a hot shoe. the answer is NO" This is just a Hot show multiplier bracket, a mechanical bracket that fits into one (1) hot shoe and allow three (3) hot shoe devices to be mounted with no facility for electrical connections.
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Yes, for me it comes out of either the hot shoe or the flash. I haven't used it in a while, so I'm not sure how exactly it was switched and it might depend on the flash and the body for how to set that.
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By default the flash is automatic. It might be helpful, as the others say, to go to the 'thunder' sign on the Function's Circle on the back of the camera to set it and turn it on. If the flash doesn't work turned on, then it is a manufacturing problem and you should contact the seller and/or Cannon.