off-camera/external flash
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Yes, almost any old used flash will work with a Canon digital camera, with ONE POSSIBLE ISSUE: some old flashes put out too much kick-back voltage and can FRY YOUR CAMERA.
Check the used flash at:
http://www.botzilla.com/photo/st…If your Canon is a Rebel, and you're planning to wire it to your flash and/or you plan to shoot with the flash on top of the camera.
Otherwise, if you're using Pocket Wizards, CyberSyncs or Elinchrom Skyports to trigger your flashes wirelessly for true off-camera flash, then any flash should work. You will need to get some cables at www.flashzebra.com to hook your flash up to your wireless trigger.
Yes, there's a difference between film and digital flash IF you like to shoot in automatic TTL modes. If you shoot manual, no problem.
Much of the current dramatic lighting look is done with 2 or 3 manual external flashes, pocket wizards and light modifiers.
Note that Canon's official E-TTL-II wireless system is flaky outdoors and in non line-of-sight usage, and often backlight is what you want for a certain trendy look. One expensive system to deal with this is made by radiopopper.com
Note that off-camera flash has a learning curve, but can look amazing if you have talent, time and train your brain....