lumopro120 compatible with xsi?

[LoveDSLR]

Originally Posted by ntinlizi

well i connected the flash to my cameras hotshoe, turned on camera and flash, tried to set my camera (through the menu) to exteranl flash and it says something about not being compatible or not syc-ed correctly... im at a stand still, i have no idea what im doing wrong...

Don't set your camera to external flash. Just try manual mode and set the ISO and aperture according to the flash. Keep your shutter speed at or slower than the sync speed (e.g. 1/60).

[LoveDSLR]

Originally Posted by candleman

aaaaah OK, i see.
and here (me being a dummy) thought a Wein HSHS was a flash of some description..
yet again its proven that "assumption is the mother of all....screw-ups"

thanks for that.

Wein HSHS = Wein Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe Safe Sync adapter. I always use it with my old flashes.

well, not quite sure why it wouldnt work before...but it works great now!

[candleman]

batteries normally help

what did you do differently... ?

Originally Posted by candleman

batteries normally help

what did you do differently... ?

i had batterys in it the first time, but i did change them out for some different ones .... i think maybe the first set were loosing their juice??? dont i feel cool!?!? haha

[inkista]

Originally Posted by candleman

seriously..?
so you're saying i can put a 580Ex on my D80 and it will work in manual ?

It should, but you want to make sure the non-firing pins aren't contacting anything in the hotshoe, so you avoid possibly shorting one of the contacts or misfiring. I stick an SB-26 on my Canon hotshoe and have no problems firing it; but I've pulled the TTL pins.

Originally Posted by ntinlizi

well i connected the flash to my cameras hotshoe, turned on camera and flash, tried to set my camera (through the menu) to exteranl flash and it says something about not being compatible or not syc-ed correctly... im at a stand still, i have no idea what im doing wrong...

I'm not sure what you're bothering to do in the menus. Those should be all grayed out. The camera menu control of the external flash only works if you have a 430EXII or a 580EXII mounted, otherwise, it won't communicate and it doesn't matter what you have it set to. I'd say just make sure you have flash firing enabled. You don't have to worry about TTL signal pins, because the LP120 doesn't have any--it only has the central firing pin.