Correct. No TTL at all. Besides, TTL won't do you any good in the dark anyhow. For that number of people, you're probably still looking at one on full power ond one on half to still get your ratio and an acceptable exposure. Hard strobe, in the pitch dark, I just did a little test shoot for my own education two nights ago. I had to crank up 1/4 power ON MY 430EXII for one subject at 6 feet, 85mm zoom on the strobe, and f/4 @ ISO100.
Great luck on being able to borrow the 580EXII! With that you actually could pull a master/slave setup and get eTTL. Like I said though, it might give you more trouble than it's worth. You can also master/slave on full manual too. The only catch is that your fill will always be straight on-axis. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just a consideration.
Since I am new to off camera lighting, I have been studying and playing with everything I can learn. David Hobby's blog (strobist.blogspot.com) is a wealth of information and he posts actual light layouts to show what he did.
Last edited by FormElement; 11-04-2009 at 06:28 PM.
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