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Hello all! So I just bit the bullet and purchased an LX5 and a used 10bar housing. I'm seriously considering purchasing the YS-01 in a few days (using a fiber optic connection). My LDS said they will need to cut the fiber optic cable and attach an adapter so the cable will fit with the case's bulkhead. Does that make sense? Anyway, that's a really a tangent. The question that's on my mind is as follows:
When a strobe is connected by a fiber optic cable (which I guess would mean I'm using TTL), the flash is basically controlled by the camera, right? In other words, the camera tells the strobe when to fire. When shooting, I expect to have the built-in flash closed because I'm worried about the backscatter. However, when the built-in flash is closed, the camera automatically goes into flash-turned-off mode. So would the camera still tell the strobe to fire even though the "no flash" icon is displayed?
If not, how can I use the strobe without firing the built-in flash? As a noob, all I can think of is popping open the built-in flash so the camera will fire the strobe, and then using tape to block the built-in flash to prevent backscatter. But this seems like an awfully crude solution.
Any suggestions would be very welcome.
When a strobe is connected by a fiber optic cable (which I guess would mean I'm using TTL), the flash is basically controlled by the camera, right? In other words, the camera tells the strobe when to fire. When shooting, I expect to have the built-in flash closed because I'm worried about the backscatter. However, when the built-in flash is closed, the camera automatically goes into flash-turned-off mode. So would the camera still tell the strobe to fire even though the "no flash" icon is displayed?
If not, how can I use the strobe without firing the built-in flash? As a noob, all I can think of is popping open the built-in flash so the camera will fire the strobe, and then using tape to block the built-in flash to prevent backscatter. But this seems like an awfully crude solution.
Any suggestions would be very welcome.