Use Sony flash with Canon wireless System?

[agarg]

Hi I have 2 new Canon 600-EX-RT flashes and a Sony HVL-F58AM flash. I use the Canon 5D primarily for photoshoots/weddings etc. My Sony flash has been sitting on my shelf unused for a long time...I was wondering if there was a way to incorporate the Sony flash in a Canon wireless setup? Even if it fires in manual mode..thats ok.. I still have a Sony DSLR and use the Sony flash with that on holidays etc..Thats why I dont sell it.. Is it possible to simultaneously fire the Sony flash when the Canon flashes fire? Thanks!




agarg_1

 

[antares103]

Yes, sorta. You would need a non-optical means of triggering the Sony. Sync cord, radio remote, etc. Optical slave would trigger the Sony with the preflash of the canons. While doable, this sounds like a clunky configuration. IMO canon should release recievers that can trigger other flash units, even if only manually.

 

[Sailor Blue]

You could fire it with an optical slave trigger but you would have to use the 600-EX-RTs in manual mode too so that there wasn't any preflashes for E-TTL. There are ones that fit the hot-shoe of the flash and some that plug into a sync socket - just look at Adorama or B&H for examples.


Why not just pick up a cheap hot-shoe flash that has a built in optical slave?

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[Quantum Help]

Use all 3 in manual mode. Get a set of in-expensive radio transmitter and a hotshoe to PC or hotshoe to mini-phono adapter, depending on what is required to sync with the receiver.