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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2011, 04:28:18 PM »
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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2011, 04:28:18 PM »

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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #46 on: February 29, 2012, 05:04:10 PM »
Yesterday I was firing 3 flash (all off camera)  with mini and flex. Taking full length pictures in a dark warehouse with the 1Ds3 + 400f/2.8 combination at 19 meters. Not a missed flash out of about 50. There were 2 580EX and 1 580EXII with 1 flash out of line of sight all using eTTL2.

If the problem was so severe as seem to be suggested I would have expected some missed or badly exposed shots.

In view that I have never had a problem I can only deduce that the firmware has cured the problem or the UK frequencies dont create a problem
« Last Edit: February 29, 2012, 05:48:13 PM by briansquibb »
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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #47 on: April 18, 2012, 04:50:57 PM »
Sadly, my PW flex system rarely gave me consistant results. When they worked they were great but at wedding receptions I had major problems on more than one occasion. When shooting a wedding you just cannot have problems with things working, theres no time to diagnose the problem. Last time i used them only one of two lights triggered and all the settings were correct so i tried it with my other flex module to trigger it and still had issues. Then later the other one worked instead. I had it all set up at home testing that ttl and everything was working before doing a headshot of the public library's new board member. I could not get it to expose correct when there. I had to drop the on camera exposure to -2 stops. WTF!
PW are friendly at helping when i call who can call them and talk to tech support when in the field?

I dusted off my plus II's and have a whole setup now using my 580exII's manually. I'm not even going to use TTl again til i can afford a full set of Canon RT flashes, which could be a while since i've spent about 6G's recently.
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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #48 on: April 18, 2012, 06:23:23 PM »
I seriously wonder what the differences are between the UK and the US minis/flexes because I just dont miss a flash and never have
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Re: PocketWizard FlexTT5 and 580exII RF Issues?
« Reply #48 on: April 18, 2012, 06:23:23 PM »