topic Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes? in Speedlite Flashes

Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

kjhaas — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:28:16 GMT

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

kvbarkley — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:42:22 GMT

Do you mean a flash trigger?

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

kjhaas — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:29:04 GMT

A light meter that will set off the flashes.

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

kvbarkley — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:32:47 GMT

Why do you want a "light meter" to set off the flash?

You can get flash triggers that will fire the flash when it sees another flash go off, but you need to make sure that it understands the canon flash and ignores the exposure setting pre-flash.

Other than that, you are much better off using Canon's optical or radio wireless flash capability to trigger external flashes.

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

Waddizzle — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:56:21 GMT

@kjhaas wrote:
A light meter that will set off the flashes.

The metering inside of the camera already does that. It even adjusts the intensity of the flash for you.

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

kjhaas — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 01:29:30 GMT

I don't want the meter inside the camera I want a hand held meter. They meter differently.

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 01:58:32 GMT

You could use something like this to set camera and flash settings. It won't trigger anything but it will give you the proper exposure setting. Then you trigger flas by operating camera.

http://interfitphotographic.com/product/studio-flash-meter-2/

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

Waddizzle — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:16:26 GMT

I think an online retailer, like BHPhotoVideo, can better help guide you. They have online experts who really know their stuff, and actually try to find the "best fit" solution for customers.

Re: Is there a light meter that will trigger the 600RT flashes?

TCampbell — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:25:08 GMT

This is common in studio photography. I have a Sekonic L-758DR that has a built-in radio trigger for PocketWizard receivers. This way you can walk up to your subject, hold the incident meter at the point where you'd like to meter the subject (hopefully not standing in the way of your own flashes) and trigger the studio flashes while metering at the subject (you don't have to walk back to the camera).

Unfortunately I'm not aware of a meter with a built-in radio trigger for the new Canon radio technology flashes. I think you may have to use a Canon RC-6 (ir remote) to trigger the camera while metering -- not as elegant a solution.