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« on: September 07, 2007, 02:37:43 am »

Firing an H1 with a Pocket Wizard

does anyone know what bits required to do this

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« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2007, 03:23:45 am »

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Firing an H1 with a Pocket Wizard

does anyone know what bits required to do this

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All you need is the CME-3-P Cable .....   It's just a mini to sub-mini with the Pre-Trigger Feature.

And of course a transmitter and receiver .....  
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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2007, 03:25:06 am »

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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 07:08:54 am »

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for the record

I have just got an ipod to laptop cable

(2.5 jack to 3.5mm jack both male)

uk price £3.50 - available in any music store

seems fine

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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 05:30:10 pm »

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for the record

I have just got an ipod to laptop cable

(2.5 jack to 3.5mm jack both male)

uk price £3.50 - available in any music store

seems fine

S
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I've also triggered a Contax 645 AFD with a set of Pocket Wizards.  You will need to have the addtional cable that would connects your DB and the grip.

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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2007, 07:26:03 pm »

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I've also triggered a Contax 645 AFD with a set of Pocket Wizards.  You will need to have the addtional cable that would connects your DB and the grip.
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Chris, what cable did you use to trigger the Contax 645 via Pocket Wizards? I think I already have the (serial-->camera-to-back) cable needed to keep the ProBack "awake" and ready.

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« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2007, 08:06:20 pm »

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Chris, what cable did you use to trigger the Contax 645 via Pocket Wizards? I think I already have the (serial-->camera-to-back) cable needed to keep the ProBack "awake" and ready.

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Mike,

It was on a Contax 645 AFD and a P30+.  I used a Phase One cable that has a multi-port connection on one side and a extra small mini-phone on the grip side.  If you like, I can post a pic tomorrow.

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2007, 12:29:11 pm »

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Mike,

It was on a Contax 645 AFD and a P30+.  I used a Phase One cable that has a multi-port connection on one side and a extra small mini-phone on the grip side.  If you like, I can post a pic tomorrow.

Chris Lawery
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Mike,

Here is the cable I was talking about.

Thank you,

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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2007, 08:14:13 pm »

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All you need is the CME-3-P Cable .....   It's just a mini to sub-mini with the Pre-Trigger Feature.

And of course a transmitter and receiver ..... 
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And if the PW at the camera is a tranceiver, you can sync your strobes by simply setting the PW at the strobes to the next higher channel.
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2007, 12:45:48 am »

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And if the PW at the camera is a tranceiver, you can sync your strobes by simply setting the PW at the strobes to the next higher channel.
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Eh?

Surely you need to be on  the same channell

then you sit in the bar pressing the button on a transmitter

and everything fires off all at the same time

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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2007, 01:09:04 am »

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Eh?

Surely you need to be on  the same channell

then you sit in the bar pressing the button on a transmitter

and everything fires off all at the same time

S
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Morgan,

There is a feature called Relay that allows a Pocket Wizard Transceiver Model to act as both a Receiver (To fire the camera) and then instantly switch to a Transmitter (to fire the strobes).

Set your transceiver to Transmit and choose a channel and zones.

Press L and it will turn relay on.   (It should now show Transmit and a Channel and receive and a Channel.

Now set it to Receiver and choose a different channel and zone.

Connect the Sync cord to the camera and plug it into port 1 on the pocket wizard.    Connect the Motor Drive cord to Port 2.

Now you need a transmitter in your hands to trigger the camera set to the same channel that the transceiver has on receive and a receiver on the strobes set to the same channel that you have the transceiver set on transmit.

It's used often by sports photographers to trigger a remote camera say on a basketball backboard and also trigger the strobes.    IF they were set on the same channel the flash would fire at the same time the camera got the signal to fire.
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2007, 01:25:12 am »

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  IF they were set on the same channel the flash would fire at the same time the camera got the signal to fire.
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... and therefore go off too early ?

I will have to run some tests

I have one multimax and a few 'classics'

So you are saying...

Hold a transmitter on channell 1

Have the multimax  near the camera receiving on chanel 1 and transmitting on channel 2

set receivers on flashes to channel 2

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« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2007, 10:05:42 am »

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... and therefore go off too early ?

I will have to run some tests

I have one multimax and a few 'classics'

So you are saying...

Hold a transmitter on channell 1

Have the multimax  near the camera receiving on chanel 1 and transmitting on channel 2

set receivers on flashes to channel 2

S
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Yes it would go off too early ....  and you are correct.   But make sure to hit L on the multimax to toggle the Relay feature on.
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« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2007, 01:25:39 pm »

And it's even easier with a Plus II at the camera. Basically plug and play. It will automatically transmit on the next higher channel after firing the camera.

I use this feature for portraiture. Especially kids, where I often want to be able to interact with the subject from in front of the camera.
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