Pocket Wizard Multimax Query

I've just borrowed a couple of Multimax for a shoot.
Just wondering if anyone has used PWs to trigger off camera shutters than Strobes/flashes.

How do I get one multimax[In hand] to trigger off a Camera[loaded with a multimax] ?]

Thanks in advance,

To remotely trigger a camera with the MultiMax, or any remote triggering device for that matter, you'll need to connect the remote device to the camera remote release port. The advantage of the MultiMax is that it has a ACC port which will allow you to simulate half-pressing of the shutter at will when the MultiMax is set channels 17 and up and a stereo remote release cable is used.

If you have a Canon xxD or higher camera model, you'll need a remote release cable like the following:

http://flashzebra.com/​products/0206/index.sh​tml

Flash Zebra will also have a Nikon version of the stereo release cable available but don't know what that'll be. Email him if you're interested.

Mono remote release cables (with pre-triggering switch) are also available from Flash Zebra.

Regarding the setup of the MultiMax units, just make sure both units are set to the same channel and the one one the camera is set to Rx (receive) mode and the one in your hand is set to Tx (transmit) mode.

Just as a FYI, if the MultiMax unit you have is one of the very early versions, it won't have an ACC port so you'll need to use the standard P1 port to trigger the camera.

I know the way you suggested but I want to do it the way this guy does the same but Wireless

http://www.pocketwizar​d.com …ations/profiles​/reznicki/

BTW I have another multimax to mount on the camera.

I think I figure it out . Thanks PacAce

Bluesyfluesy wrote in post #12124401
I know the way you suggested but I want to do it the way this guy does the same but Wireless

http://www.pocketwizar​d.com …ations/profiles​/reznicki/

Are you saying you also want to trigger flashes or strobes with the same setup? If so, you could have saved us both some type by saying so in your first post.

With remotely triggering flashes via a remotely triggered camera, you are essentially talking about two independent wireless systems, i.e. the handheld Tx unit and the Rx unit on the camera to trigger the camera and the Tx unit on the camera and the Rx unit on the flash to trigger the flash. Each system needs to be on a different channel from each other.

Fortunately, the MultiMax is a transceiver so it can serve as a Tx unit and an Rx unit simulataneously. To set up the MM on the camera, switch it to Rx mode first and set the channel the same as the channel used for the handheld Tx unit). Next, switch the unit to Tx mode and set the channel the same as the channel set on the Rx unit connected to the flash but different from the one set on the handheld Tx unit. Switch the unit back to Rx mode and enable Relay mode by pressng on the "L" button until "R" appears on the right side of the LCD screenon the MM unit.

The MM unit on the camera will either need to be sitting in the hotshoe of the camera or be connected to the camera PC port via PORT 2 on the MM unit using a PC to miniphone plug cable. And, of course, you'll need to have a remote release cable connected between PORT 1 on the MM unit and the remote release port on the camera.

Bluesyfluesy wrote in post #12124529
I think I figure it out . Thanks PacAce

Oh, OK, good. Hopefully my previous post will be of use to some body else.