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Shelby Lewis
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Hey All,
Can any of you (Marc :ROTFL enlighten me as to how to get the full 1/800th sync speed out of the H-series cameras... via wireless triggers. I've finally got some cash and am down to choosing between a few compelling used options that are available to me right now. One of those is a mamiya based system with an afdiii body (no hs sync).
The other is a p30+ on an h2 body.
Pocketwizards (my wireless trigger of choice) only sync to 1/500th with leaf-shutter lenses. I guess I'm spoiled with the high speed wireless sync via the flexTT5 triggers on the canon system (if only the IQ were better ).
Do skyports (or similar) sync at the full 1/800th with the h-system? How reliable is your trigger-of-choice?
When it comes to firing consistently at all distances PWs have been, historically, almost 100% reliable for me.
Lastly... I shoot with a full compliment of canon speedlights via wireless PW FlexTT5 triggers. I know full well that the e-ttl is not usable on another system... but I have wild idea. The triggers can be set to "dumb" mode where e-ttl is ignored. They should fire from a h-system camera as if they were standard PlusII triggers. I have this crazy thought that, via using the ac3 zonecontroller attached to the on-camera trigger, one might still be able to trigger and control the 3 zones of speedlights (in manual mode, of course) from the ac3 on the camera. This would be VERY handy if, indeed, the PW ttl system is self contained and needs no input from the camera to work in m mode. Either way I'm probably keeping my canon as a backup, along with the speedlights... but it would be handy to use them with the h for a kiss of light during location shoots.
Have any of you heard of someone attempting this?
Thanks!
Shelby
Can any of you (Marc :ROTFL enlighten me as to how to get the full 1/800th sync speed out of the H-series cameras... via wireless triggers. I've finally got some cash and am down to choosing between a few compelling used options that are available to me right now. One of those is a mamiya based system with an afdiii body (no hs sync).
The other is a p30+ on an h2 body.
Pocketwizards (my wireless trigger of choice) only sync to 1/500th with leaf-shutter lenses. I guess I'm spoiled with the high speed wireless sync via the flexTT5 triggers on the canon system (if only the IQ were better ).
Do skyports (or similar) sync at the full 1/800th with the h-system? How reliable is your trigger-of-choice?
When it comes to firing consistently at all distances PWs have been, historically, almost 100% reliable for me.
Lastly... I shoot with a full compliment of canon speedlights via wireless PW FlexTT5 triggers. I know full well that the e-ttl is not usable on another system... but I have wild idea. The triggers can be set to "dumb" mode where e-ttl is ignored. They should fire from a h-system camera as if they were standard PlusII triggers. I have this crazy thought that, via using the ac3 zonecontroller attached to the on-camera trigger, one might still be able to trigger and control the 3 zones of speedlights (in manual mode, of course) from the ac3 on the camera. This would be VERY handy if, indeed, the PW ttl system is self contained and needs no input from the camera to work in m mode. Either way I'm probably keeping my canon as a backup, along with the speedlights... but it would be handy to use them with the h for a kiss of light during location shoots.
Have any of you heard of someone attempting this?
Thanks!
Shelby