Fuji EF-X20 Question

[Steve Boykin]

Does anybody know how to make this flash fire when it's not on the camera- X Pro 1? I understood that it would fire mounted to a tripod and hope I haven't misunderstood. I have tried reading both manuals to no avail. If you do know, I am really not very bright about flashes and cameras so keep it at about a 5 year old level and maybe I will understand it. I wish I was kidding.....

THANKS!!!!!!!!!

Steve Boykin

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Steve - it will trigger when attached via an off-camera flash cable - Canon OC-E3 style cables work perfectly

Or it can fire when it sees another flash fire - but in that case it's no longer a smart flash, but just firing on full power, or what ever power you set it to.

So for example you could have one EF-X20 on the camera, and when that fires, the 2nd remote EF-X20 would see the flash and fire as well - but in 'dumb' mode.

If you're looking for the camera to control the camera, then the Canon OC-E3 style cable is the best way to go.

Lots of 3rd party ones of various lengths on EBAY

Canon OC-E3 cable | eBay

The Canon own brand ones are very well made, but the lead is rather short, unless you're keeping the flash close to the camera.

 

[Steve Boykin]

THANK YOU Chris!!!

I swear the manual doesn't mention anything about a cord. I wanted to do some portraits of my Mom. She's not doing well. I tried it out with the flash on the camera and wasn't really crazy about it. I have this wonky grip thing with a flash socket that attaches to the tripod socket. It's actually pretty cool. It's L shaped and the has this real retro plastic (imitation leather) handle. This thing has to be late 50's or early 60's. I got it at a garage sale. You can rotate the flash, point it up ect. I thought I could maybe bounce it off the ceiling so it wouldn't be so intense.

I did manage to install Photoshop on the Imac last night. I opened it up and it looks pretty daunting. I ended up using the LR on the three photos I managed to take before I got poured on.

Funny on the Canon cable. When I decided I really wanted to take up photography as a hobby I got a Nikon DSLR (D700). I wish I had gone Canon.... I never use that D700 since I got the X Pro. I like it so much more. I keep thinking I should sell it but every time I think what I could get for it, I cringe. I really don't know what to do with it.

I'm headed back to the lake now. It's stopped raining so hopefully.....

Again thanks so much!!!!

Steve - it will trigger when attached via an off-camera flash cable - Canon OC-E3 style cables work perfectly

Or it can fire when it sees another flash fire - but in that case it's no longer a smart flash, but just firing on full power, or what ever power you set it to.

So for example you could have one EF-X20 on the camera, and when that fires, the 2nd remote EF-X20 would see the flash and fire as well - but in 'dumb' mode.

If you're looking for the camera to control the camera, then the Canon OC-E3 style cable is the best way to go.

Lots of 3rd party ones of various lengths on EBAY

Canon OC-E3 cable | eBay

The Canon own brand ones are very well made, but the lead is rather short, unless you're keeping the flash close to the camera.

 

[Hamish Gill]

The d700 is a great camera
Worth about £1000 nowadays!

 

[Steve Boykin]

The d700 is a great camera
Worth about £1000 nowadays!

No doubt. It was really too good of a camera for me. Our staff photographer where I work uses a 5D. He was perplexed by my camera the other day. At some point I will probably sell the D700 and maybe upgrade to their newest model. Since I already have Nikon lenses it wouldn't make much financial sense to switch. But I think I need to learn a bit more about photography before I make that kind of investment again. For some reason the X Pro just seems simpler to me. I think it's an illusion but it is less intimidating.

I am really happy about this lens I got at a garage sale. It's a 20mm F3.5 (I also got a 28mm and 50mm but I already had those Nikon lenses so I sold them). If the weather holds up I'm going to try it out today.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

For me, having the controls on dials, rather than in menus, makes it so much more accessible.

 

[Steve Boykin]

For me, having the controls on dials, rather than in menus, makes it so much more accessible.

Exactly. I like the dials too. I also like having the aperture control on the lens. I can't really offer a rational reason why, but as Stanley Kubrick so aptly said one time: "Sometimes the truth of a thing is not so much in the think of it as in the feel of it."

I think I'm going to get that 14mm.