Speedlite 550EX

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I bought a canon speedlite 550EX and tried to use it as a slave flash for my canon T1i camera but it's not firing. Is it compatible? Has anybody experienced this problem? Any help will go a long way. I am Frustrated.
 
The 550 can operate as a master or slave unit. But what are you using as a master unit? A T1i has no built-in capability to be a master. You either need another flash on the camera hot-shoe that can operate as a master OR one of Canon's speedlite "transmitters".
 
Thanks for the response. I was using the camera build-in flash as the master. Your responses really helped.
 
FYI, it is only the latest Canon cameras that have the ability/feature of built-in flash master. The T4i, the 7D come to mind, maybe a couple others...but certainly not the T1i.
 

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