Thanks Marc, just started seriously using off camera ETTL with my Canon system (waiting for radiopopper or PW to hit the UK still!) for my wedding work, getting some decent 3D modelling on the faces in the homes and outdoor portraiture rather than on camera fill. That and with my other camera shooting with no flash and wide open is giving me results a notch above all my competitors. Also using less and less zooms, once the prime bug bites, etc. I had till now just used them on the 2nd camera. I've also relegated the LS to the off camera, it's such a relief to have it off the on camera flash, it was screwing up the wireless ETTL signals as it was, using a bounce card and although the light isn't as good (harsher), I'm a happier man without that weight hanging off the end of the flash.
I'm just sticking with my 5D's for the moment, they do the job, they give me the results I know and like and anyway I'm having a pretty bad year wedding wise though the summer has started to pick up thankfully. There are a few things about canon that keep me with it for all that I hate so much, the RGB Histo and blinkies at the same time on the review screen, the ability to change the FEC with the wheel alone on the 580/II, the 17-40 and 24-105 IS lenses (I think I have the sharpest 24-105 on the planet, trashes all 3 24-70's I had for sharpness for all it's optical faults). I also love my 50/85/100mm USM lenses, cheap and very good, solid work tools. I'm happy to be stuck in a rut equipment wise if it doesn't hold me back photographically. Using equipment that just works, from the light stands to the strobes to the cameras to the lenses and flash units, it's a blessing and I'm not particularly interested to move on...
