narlus Cream of the Crop  7,669 posts Likes: 85 Joined Apr 2006 Location: North Andover, MA More info | Oct 14, 2012 18:46 | #1 I bought the Pixel King unit so i could use my 580EX flash w/ a pocketwizard, as that flash lacks the PC port that the 580EXIIs have. seems pretty straightforward to me, to lock the unit on the foot of the flash, use the cord to connect the units together, but unfortunately i can't get the flash to fire in any manner. not via the test button, or by triggering via the PW mounted on my camera's hot shoe. www.tinnitus-photography.com
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Scatterbrained Cream of the Crop  8,511 posts Gallery: 267 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 4607 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan More info | Oct 14, 2012 18:47 | #2 Do the pocket wizards and Pixel Kings even use the same frequency? VanillaImaging.com
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narlus THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 7,669 posts Likes: 85 Joined Apr 2006 Location: North Andover, MA More info | Oct 14, 2012 18:53 | #3 this is direct connection...basically i thought it was a solution to give the 580EX a way to trigger via a PW.  www.tinnitus-photography.com
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Scatterbrained Cream of the Crop 8,511 posts Gallery: 267 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 4607 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan More info | Oct 14, 2012 19:04 | #4 Hmmm, I thought you were talking about this: http://www.amazon.com …r=8-1&keywords=Pixel+King VanillaImaging.com
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Scatterbrained Cream of the Crop 8,511 posts Gallery: 267 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 4607 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan More info | Oct 14, 2012 19:05 | #5 Does it work with the flash in manual mode? VanillaImaging.com
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dedsen Goldmember  2,580 posts Likes: 34 Joined Aug 2006 More info | Oct 14, 2012 19:36 | #6 Your flash is in eTTL mode and the switch is in the slave position in the picture. Switch it to MANUAL and get the switch back to OFF. Slave is only for using the Canon master/slave arrangement.
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CliveyBoy R.I.P. He will be missed  3,272 posts Likes: 42 Joined Nov 2005 Location: Tauranga, NZ More info | Oct 14, 2012 20:33 | #7 The Pixel TF-321 has had three different wiring setups, but all were designed to go onto a camera to add a PC-sync out port. Clive, and Great G/D Abbie
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narlus THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 7,669 posts Likes: 85 Joined Apr 2006 Location: North Andover, MA More info | Oct 14, 2012 20:55 | #8 dedsen wrote in post #15122472  Your flash is in eTTL mode and the switch is in the slave position in the picture. Switch it to MANUAL and get the switch back to OFF. Slave is only for using the Canon master/slave arrangement. If that does not work send that back and get this unit from Flash Zebra. http://flashzebra.com/products/0126/index.shtml yeah, neither solution worked. www.tinnitus-photography.com
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dedsen Goldmember 2,580 posts Likes: 34 Joined Aug 2006 More info | Oct 14, 2012 21:16 | #9 You have the adapter that goes in a camera hotshoe to add a PC port. The unit that you have has a foot with contacts. The unit for a flash has a threaded socket in the foot instead of contacts. Take a look at the picture of the Flash Zebra unit I linked to. You will see the difference.
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narlus THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 7,669 posts Likes: 85 Joined Apr 2006 Location: North Andover, MA More info | Oct 14, 2012 21:24 | #10 ah, i guess i should have tested this thing when i got in weeks ago, rather than the day before I need for a shoot trmw. www.tinnitus-photography.com
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