Comments on: How do i use anexternal flash on my camera while using the alienbee CST trigger? http://warrenpiece.com/flash/how-do-i-use-anexternal-flash-on-my-camera-while-using-the-alienbee-cst-trigger Tue, 22 May 2012 13:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: cabbiinc http://warrenpiece.com/flash/how-do-i-use-anexternal-flash-on-my-camera-while-using-the-alienbee-cst-trigger/comment-page-1#comment-5407 cabbiinc Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:55:59 +0000 http://warrenpiece.com/flash/how-do-i-use-anexternal-flash-on-my-camera-while-using-the-alienbee-cst-trigger#comment-5407 A few things here. 1) The TT5 has the hotshoe on top so that you can either use the flash as a slave or use the flash to control the other slaves that you have on other TT1s or TT5s. You'd need a flash capable of being a master to begin with (for Canon that would be a 580EX) to control ratios and groups. You can also use it as just a flash on top of your camera, I mean why else would you bother putting the dang hotshoe up there anyways? 2) You didn't say what camera, flash, and what you are triggering. Many mid to high level cameras have PC ports on the side. If your camera has that you could use the PC port for the CST and the hotshoe for your speedlight/speedlite. Also if your strobe has an optical slave you could just skip the CST all together, but I'm assuming that you bought the trigger to fulfill a need that you couldn't otherwise. Some flashes have a PC port on the side, and some of those can trigger a CST trigger. 3) There is the idea that you can put the flash on a bracket and have another alien bees receiver on it to fire your flash. You would however lose TTL. Some flashes even have an optical trigger built in. Nikons are pretty good for doing that (I really really wish Canon would follow suit). 4) If all else fails there's another spendy option for you http://www.paramountcords.com/ttl.asp or http://www.paramountcords.com/nikonttl.asp<br><b>References : </b><br> A few things here.

1) The TT5 has the hotshoe on top so that you can either use the flash as a slave or use the flash to control the other slaves that you have on other TT1s or TT5s. You’d need a flash capable of being a master to begin with (for Canon that would be a 580EX) to control ratios and groups. You can also use it as just a flash on top of your camera, I mean why else would you bother putting the dang hotshoe up there anyways?

2) You didn’t say what camera, flash, and what you are triggering. Many mid to high level cameras have PC ports on the side. If your camera has that you could use the PC port for the CST and the hotshoe for your speedlight/speedlite. Also if your strobe has an optical slave you could just skip the CST all together, but I’m assuming that you bought the trigger to fulfill a need that you couldn’t otherwise. Some flashes have a PC port on the side, and some of those can trigger a CST trigger.

3) There is the idea that you can put the flash on a bracket and have another alien bees receiver on it to fire your flash. You would however lose TTL. Some flashes even have an optical trigger built in. Nikons are pretty good for doing that (I really really wish Canon would follow suit).

4) If all else fails there’s another spendy option for you http://www.paramountcords.com/ttl.asp or http://www.paramountcords.com/nikonttl.asp
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]]> By: fade2blak80 http://warrenpiece.com/flash/how-do-i-use-anexternal-flash-on-my-camera-while-using-the-alienbee-cst-trigger/comment-page-1#comment-5406 fade2blak80 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:06:59 +0000 http://warrenpiece.com/flash/how-do-i-use-anexternal-flash-on-my-camera-while-using-the-alienbee-cst-trigger#comment-5406 The cst is a transmitter. You need a receiver (the CSRB) to connect to your flash unit. If your flash unit doesn't have a sync port you will need an adapter. Why do you want the flash on your camera? The sole purpose of the trigger system is to get it off of the camera. The purpose of the hotshoe on the PWTT5 is so you can put the flash on it and then put the whole unit on a lightstand. It isn't meant to put the flash and unit on the camera hotshoe. There would be no purpose.<br><b>References : </b><br> The cst is a transmitter. You need a receiver (the CSRB) to connect to your flash unit. If your flash unit doesn’t have a sync port you will need an adapter.

Why do you want the flash on your camera? The sole purpose of the trigger system is to get it off of the camera.

The purpose of the hotshoe on the PWTT5 is so you can put the flash on it and then put the whole unit on a lightstand. It isn’t meant to put the flash and unit on the camera hotshoe. There would be no purpose.
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