p.2 #2 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
Thanks dmward. Can it also fire a remote camera like PW ?
dmward wrote:
It will fire them and tell you what F stop they deliver relative to the other flashes based on the initial setup.
They can be assigned a channel and included or excluded from a setup by programming the light channels into groups.
It will not change the power remotely, that requires the control channel connection that is proprietary to PCB products.
p.2 #3 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
I want to know how it meters the lights? Is it measuring some kind of voltage, or light? If it's light, how the heck is it metering it?
Paul has said on his forum that it has a built-in reflected light meter (metering at the camera). That's not doing much for me, but the prospect of full control of Buff lights from the camera is something I found incredibly valuable with his older Radio Remote-One devices.
Also, he's said on his forum that he's started engineering on a C-cell powered flash system.
p.2 #4 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
RDKirk wrote:
Paul has said on his forum that it has a built-in reflected light meter (metering at the camera). That's not doing much for me, but the prospect of full control of Buff lights from the camera is something I found incredibly valuable with his older Radio Remote-One devices.
Also, he's said on his forum that he's started engineering on a C-cell powered flash system.
p.2 #5 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
RDKirk wrote:
Paul has said on his forum that it has a built-in reflected light meter (metering at the camera). That's not doing much for me, but the prospect of full control of Buff lights from the camera is something I found incredibly valuable with his older Radio Remote-One devices.
Also, he's said on his forum that he's started engineering on a C-cell powered flash system.
Wrong. It was incident/reflected with movable dome. I realized the reflected mode was not usable without metering zones so it is now only incident. That's why we suggest carrying it around like a flashmeter and firing from CST on your hotshoe. You can fire from either and, if you like, you can put CC on your hotshoe to adjust power and groups, etc., then take it off to do meter readings.
And yes, we're working diligently now on the C Cells built into Einstein 500. All of this is causing delays - but in product development, delays, like xxxx happen.
p.2 #10 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
Since a CSR can be attached via appropriate cable to fire the camera and then use a CST to fire the lights, carrying the Commander around makes a lot of sense.
p.2 #14 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
Paul Buff wrote:
Wrong. It was incident/reflected with movable dome. I realized the reflected mode was not usable without metering zones so it is now only incident. That's why we suggest carrying it around like a flashmeter and firing from CST on your hotshoe. You can fire from either and, if you like, you can put CC on your hotshoe to adjust power and groups, etc., then take it off to do meter readings.
And yes, we're working diligently now on the C Cells built into Einstein 500. All of this is causing delays - but in product development, delays, like xxxx happen.
p.2 #15 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
I take it all back. Keep on doing what you're doing. I was just about to order some new triggers but I think I can manage with my wires and wait a bit longer.
p.2 #16 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
and I JUST got the CSRB's..figures oh well I can always use that to fire my 580 and get the CC and CSR+ for my WL. Keep up the innovation it will make life so much easier.
I can already see people complaining about having to use the "old strobes where you had to manually adjust the power setting."
p.2 #17 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
and I JUST got the CSRB's..figures oh well I can always use that to fire my 580 and get the CC and CSR+ for my WL. Keep up the innovation it will make life so much easier.
If the CyberCommander is released in time, you can use the 60 day satisfaction guarantee and make return/new purchase.
I can already see people complaining about having to use the "old strobes where you had to manually adjust the power setting."
The CyberCommander power control features are backward-compatible with the current Alien Bees and White Lightning.
p.2 #18 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
I'm sold and have a pre-order in for a CST and CSR+ to begin playing with. My question is this.....
When the CC becomes available, can I purchase it and do the following.
Set-up: Camera on Tripod with CST attached, AB800 with CSR+ attached, CC in my hand.
Stand next to my model with CC in hand, trigger the AB800, check the meter, adjust the AB800 using the CC without moving, repeat until necessary?
Finally, using the exact same set-up above, I'm assumming I can't use the CC to actually trigger the camera, which would in turn trigger the CST, which in turn trigger the AB800?
However, if I hook a CSR+ to the camera (or maybe even a CSR to save a few dollars) and the CST to the hot shoe, could I remote trigger the camera using the CC? This means I could adjust lighting of all my AB800s, remote trigger a camera and my lighting setup (assumming each one has a CSR+ attached) without moving an inch, while watching the results on my laptop while tethered to the camera? Do I have this correct?
Assume a 40DCanon camera for sake of discussion.
Do I have it right? If I do, i'm very excited and will be spending some cash!
Finally and most importantly, I know you have TBA on release date on the CC but is that like TBA announce in 2010 or are you meaning like a couple months?
p.2 #19 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
Your described setup should work based on my experience using the CSR with a 5D attached via a cable from FlashZebra. The cable is wired with a switch so that the shutter circuitry thinks the button is half depressed, thus the focus is active. Fire the camera via the CC and the CST on the camera will fire the lights.
p.2 #20 · Alienbees Cyber Commander Information HERE
You need two frequencies because of the shutter delay. Set up your lights with Cyber Commander on frequency one (or whatever). Then you need two CSTs and one extra CSRB. Put one CST on the camera hotshoe set to the CC frequency (one) - it will fire the lights when you camera trips and will honor all CC settings.
Put the extra CSRB on your camera remote trigger input and set it for frequency 2. Hand hold the second CST and set it for frequency 2. Push the button on the second CST, the camera fires with a few milliseconds shutter delay. The camera fires the lights.
oh well I can always use that to fire my 580 and get the CC and CSR+ for my WL. Keep up the innovation it will make life so much easier.