PW FlexTT5's trigger my Elinchrom D-Lite's!!

Wow!

Discovered an added bonus, the FlexTT5's from Pocketwizard also trigger my Elinchrom D-Lite 4's!!

Goodbye silly, annoying, trip-over cable. Hello wireless shooting with two Elinchrom and as many 580EXII"s as we like, all triggered together!!

BJWOK wrote in post #11118219
Wow!

Discovered an added bonus, the FlexTT5's from Pocketwizard also trigger my Elinchrom D-Lite 4's!!

Goodbye silly, annoying, trip-over cable. Hello wireless shooting with two Elinchrom and as many 580EXII"s as we like, all triggered together!!

With very few exceptions, as long as you have the right connector or cable, any trigger can be connected to the sync jack of any strobe and trigger.

yeah but i'm saying mine trigger without any cables plugged in!

switch the flextt5 on the hotshoe on, switch on the elinchroms (without any flextt5) and BAM they're ready to fire!

Then you have D-Lite 4 IT's and not D-Lite 4's.

Interesting.

hmmm, didn't know there was a difference? i bought the D-Lite's almost 2 years ago.

either way, i'm stoked at this finding, now i can use my 2 580EXII's to blown out the background while the D-Lites take care of the subject

can even play with gells on those 580's to change the white background to something else entirely! this is gonna be fun!

BJWOK wrote in post #11120911
yeah but i'm saying mine trigger without any cables plugged in!

switch the flextt5 on the hotshoe on, switch on the elinchroms (without any flextt5) and BAM they're ready to fire!

Well, this is truly bizarre! If you bought the D-Lites two years ago, they're obviously not the recent "IT" versions. The original D-Lites did not have a radio trigger built in.

So you're saying you can power on a D-Lite with NOTHING plugged into its sync socket and it will fire in response to a signal from a FlexTT5? I think your D-Lites need an exorcist. That's amazing!

Dave F.

yep Dave, that's what i've concluded too! hahah!

the two D-Lite's have no cable plugged in aside from the power cable (obviously lol).

i have one flextt5 on camera (5D) and two flextt5's on two 580EXii's

all firing

Are you sure it isn't the optical slave on the lights?

ericski wrote in post #11123087
Are you sure it isn't the optical slave on the lights?

Puttin' my money on this......

HeadShotz wrote in post #11123125
Puttin' my money on this......

I'll raise you..

unless the D-Lites come with optical slaves built in?

i've never owned or used optical slaves.

BJWOK wrote in post #11123229
unless the D-Lites come with optical slaves built in?

Most if not all lights come with a built-in optical slave.

Does it have a small white dome on the back somewhere?

yeah it does actually

solved!!

thanks dennis!

If the button marked with red square has green light on, then yes optical slave is activated and the strobe will fire with any bright flash

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brilliant thanks for clearing this up guys.

certainly makes for easier studio shooting not having to worry about cables!

vesa, i understand what you've said to mean that without "any bright flash" ie - without the 580EXII's firing, then the Elinchrom will not fire either?

So, I do need the speedlites to trigger the D-Lites?

Will check this out later and report back, but I think you've nailed it.