Anyone try these with a canon 550EX?
aericj Goldmember  1,240 posts Joined Sep 2003 Location: Louisville, K USA More info | Apr 20, 2008 08:12 | #61 Anyone try these with a canon 550EX? Canon Ti5 w/ 18-135 IS STM, 70-300 IS, 85 1.8
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Davidoff Senior Member  600 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2005 Location: Portugal More info | Apr 20, 2008 18:22 | #62 So, if I want to trigger a second flash, would you recommend a set like this or just a decent optical trigger ? I intend to use them in daylight, usually with line of sight, but it would be nice to not need to worry about that.
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Apr 20, 2008 18:45 | #63 R5, RF 85 f1.2L, RF 50 f1.8, 6D, EF16-35 F4L IS, EF50 f1.4, EF 100 f2.8 L Macro IS
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basroil Cream of the Crop  8,015 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2006 Location: STL/Clayton, MO| NJ More info | Apr 20, 2008 19:20 | #64 strobe monkey wrote in post #5365727  Will modding (adding an antenna) increase the sync speed? What? you want to add an antenna to your shutter?? I don't hate macs or OSX, I hate people and statements that portray them as better than anything else. Macs are A solution, not THE solution. Get a good desktop i7 with Windows 7 and come tell me that sucks for photo or video editing.
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Apr 20, 2008 19:42 | #65 basroil wrote in post #5369713 What? you want to add an antenna to your shutter??  Sync speed is determined by max shutter speed primarily, secondary by t.5 (usually) time on your flash, as that time is usually faster than the max shutter sync speed (In the case of AB800 strobes, 10x faster). Adding an antenna to a transceiver will only increase the effective range, not sync speeds (in fact it may create too much lag and cause the speed to drop, if you plan on taking the strobes further away) I have read in other forums/blogs that when after modding their cactus triggers like the one just above your post, people, but not all, report that their sync speed also increased in addition to the increase in range. Thats why I asked it here.  R5, RF 85 f1.2L, RF 50 f1.8, 6D, EF16-35 F4L IS, EF50 f1.4, EF 100 f2.8 L Macro IS
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scotch Goldmember 1,516 posts Joined Oct 2007 More info | Apr 21, 2008 06:33 | #66 I spot Maplin batteries in there
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Apr 21, 2008 07:46 | #67 Yes you're right. I never used the batteries that it came with because I've read they are culprits to some problems... they they went straight to the trash can! R5, RF 85 f1.2L, RF 50 f1.8, 6D, EF16-35 F4L IS, EF50 f1.4, EF 100 f2.8 L Macro IS
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scotch Goldmember 1,516 posts Joined Oct 2007 More info | Apr 21, 2008 09:16 | #68 Heh I must change my batteries before I get too dispondant with the units. I only know they're Maplin batteries because I stare at the bastards for 8h/day every weekend
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Apr 21, 2008 09:53 | #69 Psychobiker wrote in post #5373057 Heh I must change my batteries before I get too dispondant with the units. I only know they're Maplin batteries because I stare at the bastards for 8h/day every weekend Hahaha... so you work at Maplins then? B&Q also sell those batteries but different packing cheaper! R5, RF 85 f1.2L, RF 50 f1.8, 6D, EF16-35 F4L IS, EF50 f1.4, EF 100 f2.8 L Macro IS
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degarr Mostly Lurking 16 posts Joined Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia More info | Jun 09, 2008 00:57 | #70 D'oh! Should have come to this thread before wasting some 3 hours only to find I didn't pick up on the fact that the batteries were in plastic. Canon 5D Mark II & Canon 7D
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ghosh Senior Member  874 posts Joined Sep 2005 Location: Edinburgh More info | Jun 09, 2008 03:23 | #71 degarr wrote in post #5687420 D'oh! Should have come to this thread before wasting some 3 hours only to find I didn't pick up on the fact that the batteries were in plastic. lloolll.... #include <iostream>
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tdodd Goldmember  3,733 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2006 Location: Essex, UK More info | Jun 22, 2008 04:53 | #72 I haven't seen this link posted so apologies if I've missed it. A guy has shot a series of videos showing performance tests of the V2s triggers and also the antenna mods. I've only watched episodes 1 and 2 out of 4, but they look like useful videos.
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asianstutter Senior Member  621 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada More info | Jun 23, 2008 17:58 | #73 just got my receiver in the mail today and it looks like my receiver doesn't have the female port on the side. is it suppose to have it or no? Canon 5D Mark II | Canon 24-70 2.8L | Canon 70-200 2.8L IS | Canon 17-40 4.0L | Canon 85 1.8 | Canon 580ex II | Vivitar 285hv x2 | Phottix Strato II Trigger
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FlashZebra This space available  4,427 posts Joined Mar 2006 Location: Northern Kentucky More info | Jun 23, 2008 19:16 | #74 asianstutter wrote in post #5778247 just got my receiver in the mail today and it looks like my receiver doesn't have the female port on the side. is it suppose to have it or no? I think the newest models of some of the latest inexpensive radio slaves have removed the built in female PC port.
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jbimages Senior Member  492 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia More info | Jun 23, 2008 20:07 | #75 FlashZebra wrote in post #5778682 I think the newest models of some of the latest inexpensive radio slaves have removed the built in female PC port. Enjoy! Lon That would be the one that uses the two AAA batteries? John
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