Remote flash on Canon EOS 60D. Any 60D users suggestions please!

[MiqsPix]

Having got the Canon EOS 60D which has a built in wireless transmitter, I find that I cannot use my Nissin speedlite as a wireless remote flash unless I use the pop up flash on camera to activate it. Also I now hear that the Canon Speedlite 430EX II is possibly the only moderately priced (approx £200) speedlite flash I can use to enable me to use as a remote flash. Is this true? If so I now have the dilemma whether to reluctantly spend more cash on a new flash or use a remote flash cable to use my Nissin which would be a lot cheaper. I wondered if any 60D users had the same problem and found any short cuts or a different MO?

[inkista]

What's wrong with using the pop-up flash as your master unit? You can dial down its output so it won't contribute any light to the scene, you know. If you're going to use wireless eTTL, whether it's a Nissin flash or a Canon, you're still going to have to use the pop-up to control it, because the camera has to tell the flash what to do somehow. The wireless system uses light signals to do this, which is why the pop-up flash has to be active.

Alternatively, if you're willing to ditch eTTL and set the power level of your flash yourself, you could get cheap radio triggers.

[MiqsPix]

See this.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/....php?t=1058583