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Remote Camera Triggering?
Denny Kyser, Photographer
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Russell | Pa. | United States of America | Posted: 5:21 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> I am still doing some searching and reading but a few questions that may save me some time.
I will be using a 1D IV body on a OverExposed Pro Plate (thanks for the info on previous post) and I have Pocket Wizard Plus II transceivers, Mini TT1transmitter and the release cable from pocket wizard. I also have Profoto Remotes for my studio.
From what I have read so far looks like Pocket Wizard MultiMax's are being used.
I am not at the studio today so can not test it but to shoot remotely do I have what is needed or are the MultiMax's required?
I am assuming the camera can be fired in high speed, not just one shot. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 5:35 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> Camera can be shot in bursts and MultiMax's aren't required. You may need one PW to fire the camera and a second on the remote body to fire the strobes. The MM's allow for programmable delays where the II's do not.
Are you needing to fire the remote and a strobe together? |
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Foster Snell, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Rochester | NY | United States | Posted: 5:41 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> You don't need Multimax's to trigger remote cameras (I use Plus II's all the time).
However, problems occur when you want to trigger a remote camera along with wireless strobes (if that's what you want to do). It's timing that's the problem. The wireless signal triggers the lights before the the camera has enough time to read the signal, pull up the mirror, and trigger the shutter. By the time the sensor has been exposed, the strobe has already gone through its entire cycle.
That's where Multimax's come in because they can be programmed with a delay.
Oh, and you can definitely use PWs to shoot in bursts!
Hope this helps. |
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Foster Snell, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Rochester | NY | United States | Posted: 5:43 PM on 07.12.11 |
| ->> Oops, looks like I was beaten to the punch lol. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 5:46 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> Look in the archives.
A lot of your recent posts have been addressed many times in the message boards. |
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Denny Kyser, Photographer
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Russell | Pa. | United States of America | Posted: 6:07 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> Thanks
Nic I did a search for "Remote Camera Triggering" and the only two threads that came up were about multimax, that is why I asked this specific question. |
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Denny Kyser, Photographer
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Russell | Pa. | United States of America | Posted: 6:42 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> Looks like the FlexTT5 also has a relay mode.
http://www.pocketwizard.com/inspirations/tutorials/auto_relay_mode/
Not sure which would be the better choice the Flex, or MultiMax. I will eventually want to trigger remote strobes come fall so should plan on setting up that way. |
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Paul DiSalvo, Photographer
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Highlands Ranch | CO | United States of America | Posted: 6:56 PM on 07.12.11 |
| ->> Sounds like you have what you need on relay mode but one more thing... Depending on how far away your remotes are; Mini & Flex have much shorter TX range than PlusII/MultiMax so that might need to be factored in as to which is your trigger. On the standard channels (1-32), Mini/Flex have about 75% of the range of PlusII/Multimax, about half if you're doing any TTL channels. |
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Denny Kyser, Photographer
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Russell | Pa. | United States of America | Posted: 8:05 PM on 07.12.11 |
->> Thanks Paul, I rarely if ever do any off camera TTL, I am a manual kind of guy so in this case the Multi Max may be the better choice.
The only reason I got the mini TT1 is so I can sync my profoto strobes at 1/500 when needed.
Robert, thanks for the link, I am very new here so not really good at finding older topics. My searching efforts either bring every thread up regardless of topic, or very limited when I use exact quotes.
Thanks for being patient with me and supply links. |
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Shawn Cullen, Assistant
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San Diego | CA | | Posted: 6:33 PM on 07.13.11 |
->> Denny,
The Plus II's have a built in "Relay Mode". There is not a switch or menu option for it. Simply set a unit to channel 1-3 and plug in the pre-release cable with the Plus II in the hotshoe of the camera. Then use another Plus II unit to trigger your strobes but set it to one channel higher than the unit on the camera.
The Plus II's automatically trigger to the next channel higher when it detects that it is triggering a camera and receiving a sync pulse back.
Best of luck. |
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David Scott, Photographer
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Portland | OR | US | Posted: 6:39 PM on 07.13.11 |
->> Wow! Thanks for that tidbit Shawn. I have all Plus IIs
-- Dave |
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Denny Kyser, Photographer
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Russell | Pa. | United States of America | Posted: 11:11 PM on 07.13.11 |
| ->> Thanks Shawn, I did not know that. |
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