NX1 and Flash Trigger quesiton

[SewSimple]

I have the Yongnuo 560III Speedlight, and the Yongnuo RF-603C II trigger/receiver. It works great with the trigger in the hot shoe and the flash off camera, which is where I want it to be. And I know how to use the flash as a slave that gets triggered from the built in camera flash.

I got these units when I had my NX20. My question is, does the NX1 have the capability of firing the flash off camera without using the trigger or the built in flash? On page 119-120 of the NX1 manual there are a lot of settings for flash which I don't understand.

If slave mode is the only way without using the trigger, I'm guessing setting the flash to fill in, and lowering the flash intensity to -2 would be my best option to give the slave flash it's trigger, but not have a lot of the built in flash hit my subject. Thoughts?

 

[ttbek]

I think so, but just for the SEF580A if memory is serving me correctly. I can't say anything definitive on that though, I didn't have the SEF580A and NX1 at the same time T.T.

 

[otto k]

If you want to trigger optically, you either dial built in flash way down (like you said) or put a IR pass filter (it blocks everything but infra red light - used for triggering but not visible in photo) over the built-in flash.

 

[m4rkiz]

i am using the YN560III + YN560TX and it works fine. Of course only in manual mode. I am thinking of getting metz 44 af-1 for TTL. I think it's the only 3rd party flash that works in TTL mode with NX1 besides the crazy expensive samsung SEF580A.

Here is a nice summary:

http://matteverglade.com/accessories/nx-flashes-overview/

 

[ttbek]

I thought most of the slaves were optically triggered by a bright light rather than by IR, the IR was mostly within a given system rather than what the generics would use for their slave mode.

 

[otto k]

They are triggered by light, you're right, but they don't have IR cut filter the sensor has. In other words they can be triggered by light that's invisible to the sensor.

 

[ttbek]

Hmm, I guess I just assumed they wouldn't be sensitive into that range, nice to know, thanks.