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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 270164" data-attributes="member: 3903">With the older flashes that don't have the manual mode but just the iso and aperture adjustments, you can fool the flash to give you always the max output by telling it you're using f-16 with 100 iso. As far as how much power it will deliver, it will be up to you to test each of them individually (just shoot, look at the histogram and then either change the aperture or iso in camera). One you test them all, you can start to figure out the distance at which each of them will perform best for different types of shoots, wether with or without a light modifier (umbrella, bounce, etc). This is where digital shines, just shoot and make corrections. After a few shots, you should be in business once you figure out the correct camera settings to trigger the other flashes with their slave units.Then the fun starts! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 270164, member: 3903"] With the older flashes that don't have the manual mode but just the iso and aperture adjustments, you can fool the flash to give you always the max output by telling it you're using f-16 with 100 iso. As far as how much power it will deliver, it will be up to you to test each of them individually (just shoot, look at the histogram and then either change the aperture or iso in camera). One you test them all, you can start to figure out the distance at which each of them will perform best for different types of shoots, wether with or without a light modifier (umbrella, bounce, etc). This is where digital shines, just shoot and make corrections. After a few shots, you should be in business once you figure out the correct camera settings to trigger the other flashes with their slave units. Then the fun starts! :) [/QUOTE]

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