I get it to work at 1/180 although I do have the same problem if the batteries in the flash are starting to go dead so perhaps that's your issue?

I must confess that I have modified the transmitter with the extra range mod and I understand that you do get a gain in sync speed/reliability in addition to range with the mod.

"or was the colouring in pp" How dare you! ;->

The colour came from red and blue food colouring and the patience of a saint!

Matt> Now wash your mouth out

I must apologise for saying the C word. I think they are excellent for off camera flash. Since the strobist mentioned the Nikon SB24, they are a fortune on fleabay but the Canons have full manual control so they are great. One caveat, they have an autopoweroff after 2 minutes which WILL drive you insane!


Rob.

Taken with a K10d 1 second exposure and a Canon 430EZ flash unit.

Love the look of the last one - "Photoshop image re-dveloped in Lightroom, 2nd edit" It has that fairytale/fantasy/painting look about it. Love to know how you got that effect in lightroom?

Cheers


Rob.

Hi Ben,


Is the max sync speed still 1/180s and are you aware of any plans to make HSS work over wireless.


Cheers


Rob.

Yep! The v2's have the word cactus on the front of them.

Best advice is to buy from the manufacturers - Gadget infinity.


Cheers


Rob.

Hi Richard,


I went through a similar experience and I bought some cheap optical slaves off ebay for 6 quid each. These work fine indoors when the salves can see the flash or an IR transmitter on the top of the K10D but they just don't cut the mustard outside and you sometimes have problems if the slave sensor is not facing the camera.

So then I went down the ebay radio trigger route and I'm totally over the moon with them. Have a search for the Cactus V2s on ebay via the seller gadget infinity. A transmitter and receiver pack was about 17 pound and extra receivers are about 10 pound each. There are two versions the v2 and the v2s which work for lower voltage flash units. eg. Modern day units.

Cheers


Rob.

Don,

Good advice - I have no excuse as I have a light tent but the spanners are sat on a 1m sheet of acrylic so it's not that simple. I did build (ha!) a box with 3 sides removed and a paper roof so I could shoot down through it.

Think it's a case of trying to use the latest bit of aquired kit to do the job.

Just off to fell a tree with my new screwdriver.


Rob.

Think I'll order a shoot through to compliment the brolly-box type though because I'm finding I get the reflection of the light stand and the back of the gun in the picture. You can see that here in the lower right corner.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/baldmonk/2128131673/

Thanks guys - I bought a brolly box in the end from ebay from fotosupplies. Very good product at an exceptional price of 17 pound delivered. Really pleased and the preliminary results are excellent.

Cheers


Rob.