Just Bought A Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash

[Darren Turner]

Not a clue what to do with it, all i know is it can be fried remotely & wirlessly via my 7D

All so bought a camlink battery charger that can charge 4 x 2700mah AA is 20 mins, i don't know much about battery chargers but that seems very impressive

I think i got some reading & learning to do...........anyone have any tips or advice lol

Daz

o and i also bought a new battery for 7D & a black rapid 7 strap......been an expensive day.........lol

 

[Hamish Gill]

What's a rapid 7 strap!
Sounds like a good day to be a Darren!

Good luck with the flash mate, I'm struggling with my sb900 a bit at the mo!
Loads of controls to play with!

 

[Darren Turner]

looks mega complex this flash Hamish .........lol

Black Rapid RS7 Camera Strap
http://www.blackrapid.com/product/camera-strap/rs-7/


Daz

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Ooooo, nice one Darren - although the Canon flash system is super rich in features, it can also be pretty simple to use.

There are some nice flash system tutorial videos here: http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/getting_the_most_from_speedlites.do

A very expandable system, capable of multi-flash, multi-channel operation, all ETTL.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

There is also a great set of cheat sheet notes here: http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/ which were later turned into a full blown book by the author.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/193395244X?ie=UTF8&tag=photonoorg-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=193395244X

 

[Darren Turner]

wow awesome links cheers chris, i have a few hours to have a read & play now........will get "Involved" lol

 

[Pete Askew]

You just can't beat a few new toys for brightening the day. Had to have a filling done at the dentist today but, when I got back the new Lensbaby Pro with Sweet Sixteen had arrived. Put a lopsided smile on my face!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Pete - will be looking forward to seeing how you get on with those - interesting stuff

 

[Hamish Gill]

You just can't beat a few new toys for brightening the day. Had to have a filling done at the dentist today but, when I got back the new Lensbaby Pro with Sweet Sixteen had arrived. Put a lopsided smile on my face!

How weird i too had a visit to the dentist today! I managed to avoid any needles though as i was just having a temporary filling replaced with a crown ... my teeth are also cleaner than they have been for about 10 years!!!

My parcel for the day was some rather lovely prints from Joan!