cgardner wrote:
Suggest you read the flash section of any Canon camera manual about sync speed, the source of the information I provided.
Chuck
Josh Evilsizor wrote: cgardner wrote: The 1/250th sync spec. only applies to flash in a hot shoe. What you are getting is probably the result of latency between the time the radio triggers fire the 580ex and it optically triggers the ABs and your results aren\'t unusual for such a jury-rig arrangement.
You might try controlling the Canon flashes using its wireless protocol and using the radio triggers connected to the camera PC socket to fire the ABs. The Canon\'s will do their coded pre-flash signaling, then all the main flashes will fire in sync.
Chuck
sync speed has NOTHING to do with weather or not you\'re using a hot shoe, or monobloc/pack and head system. a flash is a flash is a flash is a flash. you\'re having issues with sync speed because of your triggers... chances are if you noticed that big of a drop in sync speed it\'s because the batteries in your pocket wizards are running low. Not because you\'re \"jury-rig\" set up(which is fine BTW)
I suggest you pull your nose out of the damn manual and actually use gear rather than try to tell other people how to. I REGULARLY sync @ my max sync speed of 1/200 with my elinchrom strobes while connected with the PC cord and the other with the built in optical slave. With fresh batteries I can get 1/250 with my triggers, but generally have to shoot at 1/160 and that\'s both using my hot shoe flashes, and my elinchroms.
But then again, maybe if I shot more white towels or horribly shots of my wife I\'d have a better grasp on how to use my gear.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM
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