Difference between wireless remote and slave?
Posted 30/12/2008 - 23:13 - Helpful Comment
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Anvh wrote:
we even called to Pentax for that and they said you can't change it so guess they werent right
It depends how you phrased the question; you're right (and so are they) that the setting can't be changed in-camera, but the camera can be changed via the flash in its hotshoe.we even called to Pentax for that and they said you can't change it so guess they werent right
It's a subtle but important difference...
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Posted 30/12/2008 - 23:40
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We were playing in the shop with it (without reading the manual) so we called Pentax service about how to get the wireless to work.
He said that we should set the channel on the flash to match the one on the camera and I asked him if we couldn't change the one in the camera instead of the flash and he said you couldn't change that.
It doesn't matter if you need the flash to change it because you can change it and he said you couldn't, it's quite a black and white matter in my eyes.
He was helpfull enough though and the flash worked in the end so no problems with them, I'm quite happy even because like I said we didn't even read the manual
btw you can only change the channel of the camera if it appears in the top view lcd it seems, just tried.
He said that we should set the channel on the flash to match the one on the camera and I asked him if we couldn't change the one in the camera instead of the flash and he said you couldn't change that.
It doesn't matter if you need the flash to change it because you can change it and he said you couldn't, it's quite a black and white matter in my eyes.
He was helpfull enough though and the flash worked in the end so no problems with them, I'm quite happy even because like I said we didn't even read the manual
btw you can only change the channel of the camera if it appears in the top view lcd it seems, just tried.
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
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If you set the build in flash to wireless you see a number in the top display, that's the channel you need to set the flash on since you can't change the channel of your camera
The camera and the flash need to communicate on the same channel. Once you have set your channel on the flash (and there's no real need to change it from the default of 1 in a simple setup) attach the flash to the camera hot shoe, then turn on the camera and the flash. The camera body will then synchronize with the flash and be set to the same communication channel.
we even called to Pentax for that and they said you can't change it so guess they werent right
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ