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Canon HF-DC1 digital slave flash

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Canon HF-DC1 digital slave flash

Date Published: 3/28/06

The Canon HF-DC1 high-power flash is a quite tiny, very pocketable and portable slave flash that will double the practical maximum distance flash range of any small digital camera's built-in flash. A small, fold-down bracket suspends the flash at the side of the camera body by attaching to the camera's tripod socket. When the slave "sees" the camera's flash fire, it will also fire, in perfect synchronization with the camera flash to increase the usable flash range considerably. There are two simple sliding controls on the back of the unit. One for "On Auto" or "On Manual." The other switch adjusts the output level to any of three levels. In Auto there is a built-in delay, which will not fire the slave with the cameras pre-flash, but will wait momentarily and synchronize the slave with the main picture-taking flash of most digital cameras. The supplied bracket is easy to attach to the tripod socket of most compact digital cameras, and the flash is so small and light, you hardly know when it's attached. The slave synched properly with both Pentax and Minolta digital cameras and really extended the maximum flash range considerably.



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