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sebas77 wrote:

pschlute wrote:

sebas77 wrote:
TBH I am still scared to use it outdoor with models, as they resulted unreliable so far (now three times they failed on me)

If it is any help try this. When you have everything set up have the TX unit in M power control mode and cycle the power setting up and down for all groups. I find I dont get the false starts this way. Try it irrespective of whether you are using the cactus to simply fire the flashes in M flash mode, or using the P-TTL protocol to manually control flash output from the TX unit, or now using the flashes in P-TTL mode.

thanks for the message, what do you exactly mean with false starts?

I meant the situation where despite everything switched on, pressing the shutter button would not trigger the flashes. Moving the manual power controls on the TX unit seems to"wake-up" all the RX units. Worth trying even if you are going to be using TTL mode.

Comment by pschlute posted on Cactus Radio P-TTL Update Released at 11/11/2017 - 15:30

sebas77 wrote:
TBH I am still scared to use it outdoor with models, as they resulted unreliable so far (now three times they failed on me)

Comment by pschlute posted on Cactus Radio P-TTL Update Released at 11/11/2017 - 01:01

I like these. Care to share a bit more detail on the lighting?

Comment by pschlute posted on Portraits at the Camera Club at 10/11/2017 - 02:10

For the exposure lock the new QS guide says you first enable it in the menu , then activate it (after taking a picture) by pressing the wheel. Either global or by group.

Have yet to try it out.

Comment by pschlute posted on Cactus Radio P-TTL Update Released at 09/11/2017 - 22:44

Did you use the Lee wide-angle adapter, which keeps the holder closer to the front element ?

I don't have much experience yet as i am a new user of the Lee system, but I would expect vignetting at 15mm. Have a look on the Lee website where joe cornish gives some tips in a video and I think he mentions limitations on very wide angles.

Comment by pschlute posted on Vignetting with an ND filter at 09/11/2017 - 22:37

Hihi

Comment by pschlute posted on Hello, Newbie here at 09/11/2017 - 09:41

I updated mine today Nigel and had a little play. Impressed so far using the K1 in Manual mode and let the Camera and Cactus take care of the rest.

The flash compensation runs from -5 to +5 in 1/3 stop increments. Adjustable by group.

The ability to mix TTL with manual control in the same setup is awesome.

All this is controlled from the TX unit on top of your camera. Whats not to like ?

Comment by pschlute posted on Cactus Radio P-TTL Update Released at 09/11/2017 - 00:00

No such thing as a free lunch

Comment by pschlute posted on DSLR Gear UK at 08/11/2017 - 23:52

No that is not possible. Where is the fungus ? front or rear elements ?

Take some pictures of the disassembly so far and we should be able to advise on how to remove the second and third front element.

http://kmp.pentaxians.eu/wp-content/uploads/bojidar/lenses/primes/_optics/135f3....

Comment by pschlute posted on SMC Pentax-M 1:3.5 135mm with fungus at 07/11/2017 - 11:31

cardiffgareth wrote:

Was playing around layering some together in Photoshop to make a composite image:

You clever old sausage. Really like this.

Comment by pschlute posted on Fireworks at 06/11/2017 - 03:06

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