Please help me resolve this mystery! Thanks in advance!
I bought a Rebel T7 to replace an old Nikon camera for studio shooting with a couple of "no brand" strobe lights that I have been using for years. Both cameras are at 1/100s F 5.6, ISO 100, first curtain. The strobe lights are triggered by the built-in flash of the cameras.
TOP IMAGES: Nikon picture is bright as can be, excess light actually.
BOTTOM IMAGES: in the Canon picture is very dark, you can barely see the subject, even though the the strobe lights actually flashed, the picture is just like the strobe lights were off. I even tried 1/30s and made no difference.
Other than that, the Rebel is working perfectly.
Question 1:
if the Canon is triggering the strobe lights, why the light is not being captured?
Question 2:
What would make the Canon work in this setting? A transmitter? Which one? A cable to the strobe?
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
There is no way to change the ETTL mode on a T7. The T7 is a “beginner” camera that is stripped of many features in order to be both simple to use, and cheap to buy. The lack of a Manual flash mode is one of many missing features.
You might be able to add an external flash to the hotshoe in order to trigger your strobes, but once again, since the T7 is stripped down, it is missing the center flash sync contact in the hotshoe, so that will complicate matters.
Since you are advanced in your photography skills, I would advise you to look at getting another camera with more features. You may have saved money buying a stripped down camera, but if it can’t work for you, it’s false economy.
Here is the T7 user manual that shows how the flash mode is locked to ETTL II when using the built in flash.
Here it is! does the means this particular camera is a good candidate for a transmitter?
