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Making my Sekonic L-358 fire Cybersyncs

 
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Jul 06, 2009 14:26 |  #1

So I just placed my CyberSync order for 1 transmitter and 3 recievers. I know that the Sekonic L-358 can use the PW chip to fire strobes remotely , but Sekonic doesn't have a chip for CyberSync's. So that got me to thinking how could I fire the CyberSync's remotely to take readings. Let me toss around my idea and let you guys shoot it down.

I know that there are adapters that let you connect a flash to a PW/SkyPort/Cybersync, and allow you to use a radio slave to trigger those flashes. Here is an example

http://www.flashzebra.​com/products/0126/inde​x.shtml (external link)

Now, I was thinking if that adapter can fire a flash, why couldn't I put my CyberSync transmitter in there, and fire that? Sounds reasonable. The problem is that the adapter has a miniphone sync connector, while my Sekonic has a PC port. What I need is a miniphone to PC Male adapter. That would allow me to connect the miniphone to the PC port in the Sekonic. I did some quick searches and see that there are miniphone to PC Female adapters, such as

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …_Female_to_Mini​phone.html (external link)

But I can't find miniphone to male. Does anyone know if this connector exists? If one doesn't exist, is it possible to make one by splicing a PC cable to the hotshoe adapter? If so, would it then be possible for my Sekonic to fire my strobes if I was able to hook a hotshoe adapter to the Sekonic, with my CyberSync Transmitter attached?


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Jul 06, 2009 14:39 |  #2

Hmm, this may work. I found this PC to 1/4 Phone Female.

http://www.flashzebra.​com/radiocables/screwl​ock.shtml (external link)

If I buy a miniphone to 1/4 phone adapter like this

http://www.vistek.ca …-to-14-phono-adapter.aspx (external link)

and attach to this

http://www.flashzebra.​com/products/0138/inde​x.shtml (external link)

That would allow me to physically attach my Sekonics to my CyberSync transmitter. Now, would I wrong/right to assume that once they are attached, that the Sekonic could fire the CyberSync trigger sitting in the hotshoe, connected to the Sekonic?


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Jul 06, 2009 14:57 as a reply to  @ BigBlueDodge's post |  #3

That's the only way to have a Sekonic meter fire a non-Pocket Wizard receiver. You attach the PC sync jack of the meter to the transmitter or you can just use the meter in the Cordless Auto-Reset mode where the meter waits for a burst of light, you fire the strobes with the transmitter and take a reading. The next time you press the measure button it waits for another burst of light, and so on and so on.


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Jul 06, 2009 15:12 |  #4

I'm aware of the Cordless Auto-Reset mode, and have used it at times, but was looking for a wireless solution. If I can get the parts for $30-40 then I think it would be worth it to have the freedom to wireless trigger the strobes with the Sekonic.

Now back to my original question. I cobbled together some parts to make it work. Are there any better parts that make this easier, or would I need to buy the 3 parts listed above (PC-1/4 Female / Miniphone female to 1/4 male / hotshoe adapter)


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Jul 06, 2009 15:23 as a reply to  @ BigBlueDodge's post |  #5

What type of jack is used on the Cybersync?


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Jul 06, 2009 16:06 |  #6

TMR Design wrote in post #8234222 (external link)
What type of jack is used on the Cybersync?

The CyberSync transmitter on all the the earliest models have a SUBminiphone jack (2.5mm - 3/32"). The CyberSync receivers have a miniphone jack (3.5 -1/8").

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