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Buying new wireless flash triggers....plz advice

Started Nov 10, 2011 | Discussions thread
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plainman007 Forum Member • Posts: 76
Buying new wireless flash triggers....plz advice

Firstly i dont know what happened to the 550d forum. This forum only says 1100d-300d.

I want to buy some new wireless triggers. The cheap ones i bought from ebay seem to be unreliable outdoors. Can someone suggest if i can go for the YN RF602 or 603. I want to use them with my canon 500d and 550d. And i was only worried about....

1, It has no tightening screw to affix it onto the cam hotshoe and same for the receivers. Nothing that tightens them onto the metal floor foot pedestals or onto a light stand. Buyers have even reported their flashes slipping off from atop stands etc.

2, Whats its real sync speed with a 500/550d, if anyone here is using this trigger and cam combination. The cheap ones allowed me upto 1/250 or even 1/300th of a sec before the shutter banding started to appear.

3, You cant manually fire the test button with the transmitter in hand on the 603 model since it needs to be on a cam hotshoe to realize its a transmitter ? I believe the 602 can do this without an issue.

Please let me know on these 3 issues and what you suggest.

Thanks

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