flash wont fire ..

[bigdazzler]

As some of you may or may not know the Sony hotshoe is different to other brands. Becasue of this I needed to get myself an adapter that connects my 42AM external flash to my PT04 receiver.

Problem is the flash wont fire.

Trigger and receiver are working as they should be. Im getting signal when I press the test button on the trigger and the shutter button on the camera. ie. the red led lights on both the trigger and receiver are flashing consistently each time i fire the test button or the shutter.

The trigger/receiver are also working fine on my monobloc head ( albeit in this case the receiver is connected to the head with a small sync patch cord)

I think its either a faulty adapter (flash > receiver) or there is a compatibility problem with the adapter and the 42AM.

Any other ideas ??

oh and the flash is working perfectly both on camera, and off, in wireless mode.

[bigdazzler]

Mystery solved after a bit of reading on strobist and flickr.

Simply put the flash on the camera, fire off a shot with flash, then remove the flash and connect to the receiver, and it will then fire.

Dunno why or how, and dont care, but i just tested it and it works ..

[MarkChap]

Darren
Have yo tried maybe firing with the tst button first ??

Might save the hassle of putting it on the camera first ???

Just a thought thats all

[bigdazzler]

yea I tried that Mark but no good .. ive figured out that the ONLY way it will work is if you attach the flash to the camera, fire a frame with flash, remove it and then connect it to the receiver, it then fires fine. I found a thread over at the flickr strobist group that discusses it in depth. Seems you need to do this after every time you turn off the power to either the camera, the flash, or the receiver.

[MarkChap]

Well aint that a pain

[bigdazzler]

at least its workin now it was more of a pain an hour ago when it wasnt ..