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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Juanito on January 25, 2014, 01:35:38 pm

Title: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: Juanito on January 25, 2014, 01:35:38 pm

I do a lot of location work where I'm overpowering sunlight with my H1 and 7B power packs. My Pocket Wizards will sync up to about 1/400 or so. After that, I get no more bang for my buck. I've heard the Profoto Airs will sync faster - up to 1/1600 with the Phase One camera. Will they also sync faster with the H series cameras? On the B&H website it says they only sync to 1/500 yet I've heard over and over from people that they're getting up to 1/1600 with the built in trigger.

Does anyone know the scoop here?

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: douglevy on January 25, 2014, 02:09:57 pm

I'm using elinchrom skyports with my h1 and they're working fine up to 1/800. You can't go past 1/800 on the Hassy's, but the skyports have no problem with it.

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: Doug Peterson on January 25, 2014, 08:40:18 pm

Pocketwizard air will reach 1/1600 with phase and 1/800 with hassy.

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: Steve Hendrix on January 26, 2014, 09:37:44 am

Quote from: Doug Peterson on January 25, 2014, 08:40:18 pm

Pocketwizard air will reach 1/1600 with phase and 1/800 with hassy.

Doug, I think you mean ProFoto Air.  ;)


Steve Hendrix
Capture Integration

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: UlfKrentz on January 26, 2014, 10:31:16 am

You probably start to cut into your Profoto 7b flash duration beyond 1/400th. You may need a faster strobe unit.
Do a hardwired test to check if you get the results you expect.

Cheers, Ulf

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: douglevy on January 26, 2014, 01:09:30 pm

FWIW, I've used the elinchrom's with their Ranger and Ranger Quadra units with no issues up to 1/800.

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: Juanito on January 26, 2014, 04:15:10 pm

Quote from: Steve Hendrix on January 26, 2014, 09:37:44 am

Doug, I think you mean ProFoto Air.  ;)


Steve Hendrix
Capture Integration

Thanks for the clarification. No doubt I would have soon started to pull my hair out as I searched for the mythical PW Air trigger.

John

Title: Re: Triggering Strobes with my H1
Post by: synn on January 26, 2014, 05:43:06 pm

I used a mix of pw plus III and plus x units yesterday at 1/500. Didn't need to go higher as I was in a studio.
will do a test next weekend to see how far I can push them.