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Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 13:48
Got you ! seems the extra pin should be 'Wake up' function !?
In which case it should still work on ANY flash !?? the wake up being a bonus ! No ??
Unless in xmit mode it chats to the camera
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 11:31
just dismantled my receiver (NOT Yongnuo), and ONLY 2 wires ! Sync + return !!
The transmitter only has centre contact, so no point in opening it
Bought on eBay 2 yrs ago from Hong Kong, for about £20 and never missed a beat They should work on canikons too
You should be able to remove ALL other wires and use them on anything you fancy !?
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Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 11:05
Update on the Yongnuo RF-603 trigger (Canon model). They do not work with Pentax at all.
Could you wire it to the PC out on the camera?
You could keep them as a shutter realease?
The Pixel soldier's look OK, strange they work and the RF-603 doesn't?
You'll need to buy a box of CR2032's
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 10:57
(Kx jumps from 1/160th to 1/200th
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 10:52
Pixel soldier, Canon version - work perfectly. CR2032 battery in transmitter, AAA batteries in reciever. 4 Group settings. Very secure hotshoe connections, lock and locking pin on the transmitter. Only have Kx on me at the moment so could only test wireless flash down to 1/160th but synching perfectly at 1/160th (Kx jumps from 1/160th to 1/200th and camera will not fire flash at 1/200th, very annoying as I wanted to see how much shutter was caught). The reciever can be used on the camera hotshoe as a wireless remote and the same 2.5mm phono controls the wireless remote and the studio light. Link to this one here
Can be bought in the UK for under £50. Just ordered mine
Anyone want a Canon trigger
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 14/04/2011 - 08:51
I am now becoming a wireless trigger boffin, even have a "decision matrix" for six brands. There is even a distant spark of an idea in the back of my head that I will use my 20 odd years in electronics manufacturing to make my own "ultimate trigger". So far, all triggers seem to have there failings, if I designed a unit that could do everything good from all the different current triggers I reckon it could sell quite well. Just a pipe dream at the moment but I do have electronic manufacturing contacts in very large far east companies. What would be the wish list :-
1) support all platforms - not going to be possible so platform specific, lets concentrate on Pentax for now !
2) Transceivers that can transmit and recieve at same time
3) hotshoe with lock and lock pin
4) AAA or AA batteries
5) Range 100m +
6) Grouping
7) "passthrough" hotshoe with P-TTL
Remote shutter release with half press autofocus
9) Standard 3.5mm phono connection
10) Selectable channels
11) Half press LED confirmation on recievers for grouping
12) Intervalometer
13) change speedlight "group" power from transmitter
14) Achieve full 1/180 sec sync
If this could all be done with a retai price under £100 ???
Anything missing from the list ?
Sorry for the tangent !
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 13/04/2011 - 17:07
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 13/04/2011 - 16:35
My confusion came as my partners pixel soldier trigger has only one connection that does both the remote shutter and studio light trigger. Should get hold of these tommorrow and see if they work on the K20D. Off to amazon to find my cable ...
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 13/04/2011 - 16:01
Comment by testbloke posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 13/04/2011 - 11:25


Can't now find the linf but on one of the flickr discussion groups they also stated it does not work.
Algi, if you still dont believe me I will do you a good deal and you can try it for yourself