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Can my Canon 5D Mark II remotely operate the flashes speedlite 430EXII and 580EX
briansquibb:
Here is a video with the mini and the speedlight within 30cm of each other
http://www.pocketwizard.com/inspirations/tutorials/control_tl_introduction_mini_tt/
Viggo:
Here's proof otherwise:
http://photobyviggo.com/random/pw2.jpg
http://photobyviggo.com/random/PW1.jpg
These two (and the 40 other shots) are at the same manual power setting. The only difference is speed. I had the curtain showing from 1/3200s through 1/6000s, then at 1/8000s the suddenly worked. And from 1/1000s and up to 1/3200s I had no power. This was completely consistent for this day, yet , other days showed other symptoms.
After the guys over at PW customer support saw these (and my other examples and mails) they said "So sorry we can't fix this for you, please return your radio's for a full refund"
Another time I had ONE setting with the AC3 giving me consistent no power, and they said "wow, that's a strange one, never seen that". Which is the problem, the errors are never the same so it's extremely hard to figure out, other than replacing radio's and flashes.. oh yeah, I did that, nothing helped....
Here's an example of that error, and this kept showing with 100% of the shots that day.
http://photobyviggo.com/random/pocketwizard.jpg
briansquibb:
So you are shooting in manual not eTTL then?
briansquibb:
What are your high speed settings then?
I rarely go over 1/1000 and then probably not over 1/1500
Sun is forecast for tomorrow so I will try some high speed shots - they will be eTTL though and not using a AC3 either.
I will be on 2 flash off the camera, with a mini on camera
All my PW is at v6.00 firmware with factory defaults set
Viggo:
--- Quote from: briansquibb on January 01, 2012, 04:43:26 PM ---So you are shooting in manual not eTTL then?
--- End quote ---
Oh I have tried both ettl and manual mode, same story. These examples were in M mode to illustrate how the power output changes at random , even though I don't change it.
I've tried with and without the AC3 , and also used a TT5 as a transmitter to another TT5. Same story, with loads of random errors.
I often need fast speeds for portraits so I need them to work at all speeds-
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