Question on single Speedlight off camera
Hello all,
I'm very new to photography and have a Canon eos 40D with a single 580ex II. I've scoured the two manuals and have been searching the net and have only gotten myself confused.
Is there a way to use the 580 off camera by using the built in flash to trigger it? The manual only talks about multiple speedlights, and everywhere I look online I'm finding people mentioning trigger units and pocket wizards and a bunch of other stuff that went right over my head.
A couple weeks ago I read an article ( I thought it was a post here at DPS but for the life of me I can find it again) where someone was describing how they turned down the built in camera flash so it didn't light the subject, but used it to trigger the off camera speedlight. Is this possible on the 40D with the 580ex, and if so is there any chance someone would be willing to lead a newbie through the procedure?
If this isn't possible, what is the simplest way to use a single off camera flash?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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