A bit of tech help with flash

[Petychka]

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My question may sound too simple to many here but it is about an area about which I know very little. I've searched through the web and my flashes' user manuals for the answer to this but I haven't been successful.

 

My issue is this: I wish to photograph items in a light box (yes, I know this isn't artistic but sometimes we use our cameras for mundane tasks).

 

My equipment is an M9, a number of Summicrons (28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 90mm) and two flashguns (SF-28 and SF-24D). I also have an Olympus FL-50R flash unit.

 

I am considering illuminating the light box with these flashguns. I believe I can do that by using them in slave mode. Is this a good idea? Is there a better way? If so, is a better way an affordable way?

 

If slave flash were a reasonable way to go, I have no idea at all how to do this. Could someone tell me how to go about it? I'm talking about real basics here: what do I have to do to the flash units to set them up? What settings should I use on the camera (for example, I've read that Manual mode is preferred to Flash to prevent any pre-flash from triggering the slaves prematurely).

 

Is there anything else?

 

Thank you for reading this far.

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[gsgary]

What are you using to trigger them? my flash trigger would not fit on my friends M9 when i set a studio lesson for our club

[stuny]

This section of the Forum is for photos and comments on them. I'll move this to a section that is more likely to get the comments you're looking for. I'll leave a redirect here.