Archive 2011 · Yongnuo RF-603 and Sekonic L358 Triggering

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p.1 #1 · Yongnuo RF-603 and Sekonic L358 Triggering

Hello all, Got a question about triggering my Sekonic L358 meter and Yongnuo 603 with Alienbees. I recently bought 4 new Yongnuo 603 triggers. They are pretty nice so far. I have tried several combination's to trigger wireless with meter/trigger/alienbees. The only way I have figured to make it work is to trip the camera wirelessly which fires the Yongnuo's and have the meter set in reg flash mode while it counts down. I tried hooking the Yongnuo and Sekonic together via sync cable but no dice. Is the camera triggering way my only option? I do have 1 pocket wizard transmitter and receiver also. I love triggering the PW with the meter. Its nice. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks......Matt

Oct 19, 2011 at 07:12 PM

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p.1 #2 · Yongnuo RF-603 and Sekonic L358 Triggering

What do you mean by "no dice"? Did the sync cable not trigger the Yongnuo or did the meter not make a reading?

You could try buying a safe-sync or pc/hotshoe adapter, plugging the meter into that, and then putting the yongnuo trigger on the hotshoe.

Oct 20, 2011 at 04:40 AM

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p.1 #3 · Yongnuo RF-603 and Sekonic L358 Triggering

Yeah, Sorry. It did not trigger the Yongnuo via the sync cable. I will check into the hotshoe adapter. Thanks...

Oct 20, 2011 at 05:04 AM

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p.1 #4 · Yongnuo RF-603 and Sekonic L358 Triggering

Yes, those hotshoe adapters with 3.5mm miniphone's are great.. triggering via the hotshoe seems to always be more reliable for some unknown (to me) reason. I picked up a couple from the UK on eb@@ for pittance and they are great.

Oct 20, 2011 at 05:24 AM


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