Speedlite 580EX
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 Canon 580EX II Speedlite Camera Flash Deluxe KIT NEW  US $489.95
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 Omni Bounce Diffuser Dome for Canon 580EX Speedlite US $9.50
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Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras List Price: $0.00 Sale Price: Too low to display Used From: $435.95 Average Rating:   |
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Further development of Canon's flagship Speedlite has led to the production of the 580 EX II. This is the premier Speedlite for all photographers, including professionals. Newly designed to match with the EOS-1D Mark III in terms of improved dust- and water-resistance, body strength, and the ability to control flash functions and settings from the camera menu (EOS-1D Mark III only)... |
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Canon STE2 Speedlite Transmitter for Canon 580EX II, 430EX, 430EX II Speedlites List Price: $350.00 Sale Price: $204.99 Used From: $190.00 Average Rating:  |
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The Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 is compatible with Type A EOS cameras (E-TTL, auto flash) and Type B EOS cameras (manual flash). The ST-E2 is designed to control slaved Canon 550 EX flashes, enabling simultaneous flash use in professional settings... |
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Opteka Flash Diffuser for the Canon 580EX II Speedlite Flash List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $7.95 Average Rating: |
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The Opteka flash diffuser creates a diffused bare bulb effect, giving even coverage across the entire frame, with lenses from 15mm to 200mm in the 35mm format (and equal in other formats as well). The Opteka diffuser is easy to use and goes onto and off the flash in seconds with custom fitting and no touch fastener... |
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PocketWizard PWP-TR 801-125 PLUS II Transceiver (Black) List Price: $220.00 Sale Price: $163.99 Used From: $153.00 Average Rating:  |
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The PocketWizard Plus II transceiver system does more than cut the cord. The PocketWizard Plus II can wirelessly trigger lights and/or cameras within a range of 1600 feet of the transceiver. Utilizing advanced wireless technologies, four 16-bit, digitally-coded channels are available for selective firing of lights, or when working in ‘crowded’ environments... |
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Opteka External Flash Battery Pack for Canon 580EX, 580EX II, 550EX, 540EZ, MR-14EX, & MT-24EX Speedlite Flash Units List Price: $139.00 Sale Price: $39.47 Average Rating:  |
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The Opteka external flash power pack reduces flash recycling time by 60-75%, and allows for longer flash operation. Powered by 6 AA batteries and includes a padded carry case with velcro closure. |
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Canon Speedlite 580EX II, Shoe Mount Flash - Basic Outfit with 4 NiMH Batteries, Charger, Flashpoint Flash Diffuser Sale Price: $459.74 Average Rating: |
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The popular Speedlite 580EX Flash has been replaced by the new Speedlite 580EX II Flash, which features a host of improvements, including a metal hot shoe withan improved locking mechanism for added durability, an external metering sensor for non-TTL automatic flash exposure control and a PC socket for use with non-dedicated slave triggers... |
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Flash Bounce Cap Diffuser for Canon 580 EX List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $4.95 |
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Controlling the light in a photo can be tricky -- first you need a flash to illuminate the subject, but then you get the harsh lighting that a flash unit creates. Soften the look with a diffuser. This cap diffuser fits onto Canon 580 EX Speedlite Flash units to create softer shadows and overall lighting... |
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Opteka E-TTL / E-TTL II Off-Camera Flash Sync Cord for Canon EOS Cameras & Speedlite Flashes (Canon OC-E3 Equivalent) List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $29.75 Average Rating: |
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The TTL Off-Camera Flash Remote Cord provides full TTL control for Canon Speedlites when used off-camera with Canon cameras which have the TTL hot flash shoe. It permits easy use of flash when the camera is mounted upon a bracket... |
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Canon Speedlite 580EX II, Shoe Mount Flash - Deluxe Outfit with 4 NiMH Batteries, Charger, Flashpoint Flash Diffuser, Flashpoint Quick Flip Flash Bracket, Off-Camera eTTL2 3' Coiled Cord for Canon EOS Sale Price: $507.28 Average Rating: |
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The popular Speedlite 580EX Flash has been replaced by the new Speedlite 580EX II Flash, which features a host of improvements, including a metal hot shoe withan improved locking mechanism for added durability, an external metering sensor for non-TTL automatic flash exposure control and a PC socket for use with non-dedicated slave triggers... |
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Opteka Universal Studio Soft Box Flash Diffuser for Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Sigma, & Other External Flash Units List Price: $39.95 Sale Price: $12.54 Average Rating: |
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A dramatic, eye catching photo can mean dramatic profits. Getting a well exposed photo is extremely important. Photographers often turn to a flash to help light the scene. The problem is that flash can cause harsh reflections or glare spots or create deep shadows that distract viewers... |
Canon 580EX II Master Setting Mystery Solved
Working with Canon Speedlite flashes can be both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because these wonderfully intelligent devices can deliver just the right amount of light into your scene, working with the camera to figure out the correct exposure in the fraction of a second after you press the shutter button. It's really quite miraculous. On the other hand, it's a curse when you struggle to understand how to operate these flashes based on the cryptic instructions in the manual, and you find yourself pulling your hair out in frustration when it doesn't work. This happens all too often. One of the more confusing settings on the Canon 580EX II flash is Master Mode. This is the mode where the 580EX on your camera becomes the master, or controller, of other remote flashes. The remotes might be additional 580 EX flashes, or simpler models like the 430EX. In order to control the remotes, you have to get the master flash set correctly, and this can be confusing, to say the least. The first confusion arises because Canon chose to initiate the Master setting by having you push the Zoom button on the flash. Not the Mode button, which would have made sense, but the Zoom button. Once you push the zoom button and hold it down for 2 seconds the flash enters Master setup mode. The second confusion arises in this mode when you see the words On and Off. These words can mean different things when it comes to a flash. For example, when I set it to Off, am I turning the flash itself off as a light source, or am I merely turning off its Master function? (The answer it the latter). If you want to turn the flash itself off as a light source, so that the only light in your scene is coming from the remote flashes, that's an entirely different setting, which we'll talk about another time. Just understand this. Once you hold the Zoom button down to enter the Master setting mode, the meaning of the terms On and Off only apply only the the state of the Wireless Flash mode, the Master mode of this flash. If you turn it Off, you are turning Off the function of this flash as a Master. In that case, you care actually turning On the flash as a regular, stand-alone flash. It's not wonder photographers pull their hair out trying to understand this. The terminology lends itself to ambiguity and the choice of buttons on Canon's part was less than crystal clear. And of course the manual for the 580EX II flash is a typical camera manual, brief, cryptic, and probably written by someone who spoke English as a second language. If you'd like to see an actual demonstration of this flash setting, you want want to view the detailed video illustrating this technique on the website SteeleTraining(dotcom). In that video you can actually watch this process performed hands-on with the flash, and sometimes a picture (especially a moving picture) is worth 1000 words.
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