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seth-trenda
17th of February 2009 (Tue), 00:19
Can I fire my 580 remotely with my pocket wizard? If so...how? I looked in the manual and cant find it. I saw that I can change the channel on the flash but I would not work for me.. :o(
gravy graffix
17th of February 2009 (Tue), 05:58
wrong area, but...
you would need a pc to hot shoe adapter from flashzebra .com
Dermit
17th of February 2009 (Tue), 08:45
You have to have a Pocket Wizard attached to your 580 to receive the signal from the one PW you are triggering from. One PW cannot just trigger a 580 without another PW attached to the 580 if that is what you are asking. Live gravy says, if you have a 580EX (the first version) then you will need to hook it up to a PW with a hotshoe adapter cord. If you have a 580EX II then the PC cord that comes with the PW will work.
seth-trenda
17th of February 2009 (Tue), 23:39
Ok. cool! Thanks a ton!
tim
18th of February 2009 (Wed), 04:45
You need another pocket wizard (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/441353-REG/PocketWizard_801_125_Plus_II_Transceiver_Radio.htm l/BI/2312/KBID/3114) and one of these cables (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/421306-REG/Paramount_PMMHSF1_Miniphone_to_Female_Hot.html/BI/2312/KBID/3114).
mspringfield
18th of February 2009 (Wed), 05:50
Actually you can with this new pocket wizard.

New Pocket Wizard (http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/flextt5%20canon/)