I really like my Cybersync set up and plan to purchase 2 of the wired CSR's for my mono lights and then use the battery operated CSR's on my 2 canon flashes.
But my question to Paul is I was reading about the high sync speeds that others have posted about getting with their Cybersync & 1d and I'm assuming the original 1d, because on my mkIII I'm only able to get to a sync speed of 320th after that my images show an expanding "blackhole". FYI: I'm using Elinchrom 600 style S. Why are others getting much higher sync speeds? Some reported up to 2000th....
ifxbonz wrote:
I was reading about the high sync speeds that others have posted about getting with their Cybersync & 1d and I'm assuming the original 1d, because on my mkIII I'm only able to get to a sync speed of 320th after that my images show an expanding "blackhole". FYI: I'm using Elinchrom 600 style S. Why are others getting much higher sync speeds? Some reported up to 2000th....
Andy
Andy,
I believe the Canon 1d used a CCD. CCD's pulse and produce a "electronic shutter speed" all their own. CMOS chips in the later Canon cameras do not capture the same way and require a mechanical shutter which have x-sync limitations due to travel distances. The 5D is slower than a 50D simply because of the distance the shutter has to travel. Still 1/200th, ain't bad considering. MkIII is right in line with other cameras at 1/320th and that's nothing to sneeze at. Most large format cameras had to utilize leaf shutters to get speed sync speeds of 1/500th. The 1d was a 1.3X so I'm guessing it used a combination mechanical/electronic shutter to get to 1/500th, which CMOS can't do. The higher sync speeds of 1/2000th (even reports of 1/10,000th) are probably the result of disabling the mechanical shutter and using native CCD capture. I don't claim to understand the inner workings ofthis, or even Canon's ETTL High Speed Sync, but I've heard of folks doing high speed work with older modified Nikon CCD cameras. However this is certainly not a practical solution for flash photography in your typical daylight situation.
Hopefully someone will set me and the record straight if I'm off base on this one.
ifxbonz wrote:
I really like my Cybersync set up and plan to purchase 2 of the wired CSR's for my mono lights and then use the battery operated CSR's on my 2 canon flashes.
But my question to Paul is I was reading about the high sync speeds that others have posted about getting with their Cybersync & 1d and I'm assuming the original 1d, because on my mkIII I'm only able to get to a sync speed of 320th after that my images show an expanding "blackhole". FYI: I'm using Elinchrom 600 style S. Why are others getting much higher sync speeds? Some reported up to 2000th....
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I did tests - on our forum, with Nikon d40 (CCD - electronic shutter) with Cyber Sync and AB400. Usable up to 1/2500.
You MIGHT not need this one....I use a canon 550ex, after I spoke with the guy at FlashZebra I found out I only needed the hotshoe mount. If you by the Battery Reciever (not the A/C powered reciever) Paul sends along a PC-3.5mm Jack cord, so all you need to do is buy this: http://www.flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0065.shtml
Mine works like a charm
Carl
I read that pc connections do not last long, that they break up easily after short use
Well Mr Buff, I ordered these units and had them sent to me in Canada. Total cost was about $300 and then UPS hits me with another $50 for "brokerage fees". OUCH
If you want to sell into Canada try another shipper. I checked with B&H and they tell me using US Postal Service will not attract any brokerage fees at all.
You make a great product and your marketing works well but I think you had better spend some time with your shippers so they don't gouge your otherwise happy customers.
^You guys worry of shipping to Canada while other countries besides CA and US cannot even order online, much less pay thru plastic (read Credit Card) and are charged 10% SC?
Meanwhile, my wife orders make-up in 10-gram sachets from a small unknown shop and she pays them online thru PayPal.
Most countries don't have internet and digital cameras and websites and Starbucks. No matter how bad you think you have it, someone's always going to have it much worse... It's not meant to be a snide comment about the convenience of modern tech or anything, its just simply about saving both ends of the line a bit of money.
I am in Canada and received mine with a nice UPS brokerage fee also. I haven't stopped smiling though after freeing myself from on camera (bracket) flash. I received four for less than half the price of two of another popular brand.
I think I'll be happy with these units too, but that isn't the point. PCB works hard to offer great products at a very competitive price. Then the shipping guy gets lazy and doesn't ensure the same happens on that side. All the good work the engineering and manufacturing guy did to control costs just got submarined by somebody responsible for shipping not taking the same due care.
I added my comments to give PCB some feedback on what they can do better and I hope the right guy somehow gets the message.
You all want us to be an international, distributed company. We're not. If we were our prices would be 40% higher. We ship 1000 packages a day. If we ship by USPS we have to take the packages to to PO and stand in line and fill out papers for each package. We offer a brokerage-included UPS service - check with customer service please.
Over the weekend, I had a friend running over to me saying, "Dude, have you heard of AlienBees? I've seen tons of great reviews of 'em online. I want a 'hive' of AB800s - I am getting me 6 lights for Christmas as they are so <expletive> cheap! Yada yada."
I did not even want to know why he wanted 6.
So I asked him how he is getting them. He says, "Online of course. Using my credit card."
I said, "Sorry dude, not unless you have a US issued card and you live in the US or Canada, you will have to wire them to pay for it and they charge you 10% extra for not living in the US or in Canada."
) Cybersync transmitter ?.