POTN Aussie Club #4: a.k.a. Angus' Buy, Sell and Spel Thread

S7000 wrote in post #7028853
Quick photography related question here...

I bought Clarence's Cactus triggers (Got 'em yesterday thanks mate), on the gadget infinity site it says they're compatible with the older 540ez flashes. It's to my understanding the the 540ez's don't work on digital EOS cameras, however, if I had it as an off camera strobe with the 400D triggered by the VS2, would it fire?

Yes, it would fire as a manual only strobe.

Oh, wait, do you mean the triggers say they aren't compatible, if so they probably won't....

Thanks Al and Pendulum.

pendulum15 wrote in post #7028875
Yes, it would fire as a manual only strobe.

Oh, wait, do you mean the triggers say they aren't compatible, if so they probably won't....

Triggers are compatible with the older units, however the older units aren't compatible with the EOS digital range.

Cheers for the info, I suspected as much.

S7000 wrote in post #7028853
Quick photography related question here...

Not sure they're welcome here ... different forum perhaps?

S7000 wrote in post #7028919
Triggers are compatible with the older units, however the older units aren't compatible with the EOS digital range.

Cheers for the info, I suspected as much.

Yeah, then it should work IIRC what it means by the older flashes not being compatible with eos digital is the lack of digital ttl

blackshadow wrote in post #7028706
Well said Mick and great Ben Cousins reference!

Well, I'm going to spend the year (or at least part of it writing about him, but can't say things like that

S7000 wrote in post #7028853
Quick photography related question here...

I bought Clarence's Cactus triggers (Got 'em yesterday thanks mate), on the gadget infinity site it says they're compatible with the older 540ez flashes. It's to my understanding the the 540ez's don't work on digital EOS cameras, however, if I had it as an off camera strobe with the 400D triggered by the VS2, would it fire?

It'll work, it triggers it with a hard contact on the hotshoe and not with E-TTL. There might be a variation with the trigger voltage though, but it shouldn't matter.

linarms wrote in post #7028935
Not sure they're welcome here ... different forum perhaps?

What is the world coming to.

pendulum15 wrote in post #7028942
Yeah, then it should work IIRC what it means by the older flashes not being compatible with eos digital is the lack of digital ttl

Awesome.

linarms wrote in post #7028935
Not sure they're welcome here ... different forum perhaps?

Luke, back off a bit with the non-photography-related comments. You don't have to contribute on here if you don't want to, it's a general chat thread and there are dedicate forums if one is after a specific targeted question. It's better this turns into a small community than just a camera- and photography-specific forum - I've met a few nice people who I would not hesitate in calling friends in real life from here. It's sad, I know, but such is life.

miccullen wrote in post #7028943
Well, I'm going to spend the year (or at least part of it writing about him, but can't say things like that

Testing 123 testing.

blackshadow wrote in post #7029053
Testing 123 testing.

Yes indeed

Got a heap of shots of him at his first training session, so we've got a few in the image library for the preseason.

tangcla wrote in post #7028960
Luke, back off a bit with the non-photography-related comments. You don't have to contribute on here if you don't want to, it's a general chat thread and there are dedicate forums if one is after a specific targeted question. It's better this turns into a small community than just a camera- and photography-specific forum - I've met a few nice people who I would not hesitate in calling friends in real life from here. It's sad, I know, but such is life.

I was trying to refrain from ranting, but now that you've started it ...

I'm not sure that pages upon pages of gadgetry discussions are that helpful with community-building. Pages of speedtest.net results are pretty overrated too.

I don't always have time to hang out here, but whenever I have in recent times I've found the endless fluff that has zero to do with what we all have in common - love of photography - has too often drowned out the photos. And I think that sucks.

</rant>

linarms wrote in post #7029080
I was trying to refrain from ranting, but now that you've started it ...

I'm not sure that pages upon pages of gadgetry discussions are that helpful with community-building. Pages of speedtest.net results are pretty overrated too.

I don't always have time to hang out here, but whenever I have in recent times I've found the endless fluff that has zero to do with what we all have in common - love of photography - has too often drowned out the photos. And I think that sucks.

</rant>

I think you need a beer luke.

linarms wrote in post #7029080
I don't always have time to hang out here, but whenever I have in recent times I've found the endless fluff that has zero to do with what we all have in common - love of photography - has too often drowned out the photos. And I think that sucks.

There's a heap of other sub-forums just on this board for pure gear/photo discussions, this isn't the only one.

blackshadow wrote in post #7029096
I think you need a beer luke.

Ok. Please?