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Stuart Rickmann

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Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« on: February 09, 2016, 03:07:54 am »

Does anyone know of a reliable strobe/wireless trigger combo, above 500 Ws, for the Sony a7R II?
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2016, 08:37:42 am »

My Hensel kit seems to work fine with the A7R II.

I mostly use the Porty 1200's. Very portable, 1200 Ws battery powered:
http://hensel.eu/katalog/products/flash/generators/blitzgenerator-porty-l-1200.html

I use it with their Strobe Wizard radio system:
http://hensel.eu/katalog/strobe-wizard-plus-funksender.html

Which can also talk to their mains-powered heads etc.

Cheers, Hywel


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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2016, 10:31:23 am »

My Hensel kit seems to work fine with the A7R II.

I mostly use the Porty 1200's. Very portable, 1200 Ws battery powered:
http://hensel.eu/katalog/products/flash/generators/blitzgenerator-porty-l-1200.html

I use it with their Strobe Wizard radio system:
http://hensel.eu/katalog/strobe-wizard-plus-funksender.html

Which can also talk to their mains-powered heads etc.

Cheers, Hywel

OP asked for ____TTL____ with Sony.... TTL is different from just firing strobes remotely (even with HSS and/or remote manual power ratio control)... if just remote firing and remote power ratio control required (but no TTL or HSS) then Paul C Buff Eistein 640 + CyberCommander on camera is a good inexpensive option from a reliable manufacturer.

with TTL there are possible Phottix Indra (check with them if firmware update coming allowing Sony -> Odin II -> Indra TTL operation), CononMK ( http://flashhavoc.com/cononmk-i6t-ex-leopard-strobe-announced/ )

but you need to be careful about those - some might have very inconsistent color temp when used in TTL and different power output for different shots = see a test = http://www.joakimdrake.se/blog/profotob1vsindra500

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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2016, 11:45:08 am »

Apologies, I read the post not the title!

Hywel
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2016, 11:48:30 am »

Apologies, I read the post not the title!

Hywel

but then may be the OP did not actually have __TTL__ in mind, who knows
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2016, 04:42:54 pm »

My old CyberSyncs transmitter/receivers work with strobes through the multi interface shoe (A7II) as do my Canon speedlights, (no TTL though).
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2016, 10:06:05 pm »

but then may be the OP did not actually have __TTL__ in mind, who knows

Yeah, I need TTL. Manual triggering is no problem.
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2016, 04:31:24 am »

see if Yongnau makes triggers for Sony. There are other brands that might make it (?) do some searching with ETTL trigger, transmitter, transceiver, receiver, etc...for Sony..
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2016, 08:57:36 am »

I have a Yongnuo trigger, but it does not do TTL. Yongnuo doesn't have strobes anyway, only speedlights.
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2016, 10:06:29 am »

do some searching
Phil - you miss the elephant... only 2 strobes have sony TTL (Phottix /if firmware is out/ & CononMk /working now/)... so search or no search.
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2016, 10:08:34 am »

Yongnuo doesn't have strobes anyway, only speedlights.
Yongnuo makes strobes too = http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=347
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Re: Strobes with TTL for a7R II
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