Since ordinary slave units will not work with most digital cameras (because these cameras use a very rapid series of pre-flashes, that trigger the slave prematurely), Wein is now offering the Digital line of slaves. Typical slave units will fire on the first pre-flash they sense, but the digital camera will capture the image on the last flash. The Wein digital slave units are specially designed to only be triggered by the correct flash sensed by their built-in optical sensor and circuitry, thus solving the digital camera flash problem.
Attach this slave directly to foot of any shoe-mount flash for direct connection, or connect a standard PC cord to the side mounted PC terminal.
Observação! Please read the "features" section for camera-specific applications.
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Comments about Wein HS-XL D Hot Shoe Ultra Slave for Digital Preflash Camera Systems:
Tried to use this HS-XL D outdoors with a off camera flash set between 5 and 15 feet from my self with an on camera flash ( Nikon SB 800) set on TTL. It worked maybe 15% to 20% of the time.
Not sure why it is so inconsistent, as I would take on 30 to 40 shots with each set-up. I am getting inconsistent results with each set-up.
My thought is that the pre-flash is of inconsistent power and significantly below the power levels for needed for signaling this HS-XL D light slave.
This issue should be noted in the product description.
I have a HS-XL that seems to work flawlessly in similar and almost identical set-ups, though I have to set my on camera flash up manually for it to work.
I assume this HS-XL D will work indoors though I have not tested it.
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