Slave Mode With Strobe Outdoors?

Would like to hear from any Genesis users but it will be the same for pretty much any strobe I am sure. I am set up with a radio receiver plugged into one strobe, a transmitter on my hotshoe and the other strobes as slaves. When outdoors in sunlight, the other lights wont fire. I am guessing because its too bright for them to see the flash from the other strobe. Any ideas how to make them all work?

You need a radio receiver on each strobe.

tim wrote in post #6312533
You need a radio receiver on each strobe.

...or a wire to each one.

Al strobes with optical slaves are the basically the same. The Elinchrom D-Lites behaved that way. Radio triggers will do it but in a pinch I was able to partially enclose the optical slave, blocking direct sunlight and giving the slave light from the 'master' strobe a surface to bounce off of and it got me our of a jam.

Also, as Dave suggested above, carry a long sync cable and run the slave via wired sync.

Given the OP is already using radio I suggested using more radio receivers. Cords are a pain in the butt.

As I said, radio triggers are the answer. I didn't think I had to say that he needs a receiver on each strobe but that would do it as long as they are reliable.

The suggestion for using a sync cable applies to anyone with any type of kit. In a pinch, carrying a sync cord can save your ass despite the fact that they are not convenient. Relying solely on radio triggers without a back up plan is a mistake.

No matter how I'm syncing I carry 2 long sync cables that will get me out of a jam easily rather than messing around with triggers that are misbehaving.

It's no different from carrying spare batteries. If you don't it's a bad mistake that can bite you in the butt.

I agree, a backup triggering method is essential if you depend on your strobes. I think I have a cord in one of the bags, but I don't depend on my strobes.