Wireless remote flash problem?

[MarkChap]

good chance its more the incompatibility

I have PT04 trigger/receiver for th 580EXII and the firing accuracy is 70% at best with a variable effect range of 3-5m, pathetic compared to the Cactus V2s and V4

And yet I have the PT-04's and have no trouble with them using both the 580EXII and a moded Metz 45 CT-1

I would guess that I get 98-99 % firing accuracy on both flashes, the one time I was having trouble I changed the frequency and that solved that problem, I was at Mt Archer here in Rocky that has TV and Radio and Telstra towers so there is a lot of RF interferance, it even played havoc with the remote for my car door locks

[oldfart]

The flash doesnt fire when press test - just i am getting a signal over to the receiver...

OK, then the wireless aspect is working ok.

The wireless receiver has a hotshoe on it that you have the flash plugged into ?

From memory, my flash unit (580exII) needs to be in manual mode before it will fire like that
also it had a nasty habit of going to sleep before I used it, and the remote trigger fails to wake it.

[DAdeGroot]

Well if you've got a 580exII you can use the PC Sync port instead of the hotshoe. Sometimes the cheap triggers have hotshoes that are a little dodgy (mind you sometimes it's the PC Sync port that's dodgy).

As for sleep mode - go to Custom Functions on the flash and change C.fn 01 to 1. No more sleep

[Miaow]

Its a 430ex ii - so no sync port :/ And actually it is a PT-04 remote/trigger - has that written on it... Have tried in manual (on flash) also :/

Will play more later haven't had a chance to this afternoon with it

[JM Tran]

And yet I have the PT-04's and have no trouble with them using both the 580EXII and a moded Metz 45 CT-1

I would guess that I get 98-99 % firing accuracy on both flashes, the one time I was having trouble I changed the frequency and that solved that problem, I was at Mt Archer here in Rocky that has TV and Radio and Telstra towers so there is a lot of RF interferance, it even played havoc with the remote for my car door locks

its a bit of a mixed bag with the PT04s for canon flashes really, as there are warnings on the net for triggers that are pre-V2s era - is problematic with canon flashes

you are not the first to say u have no problems, while others and myself have problems with it

I will probably sell the set on AP soon for 20 bucks or something lol, dont really use it due to the inconsistency with my flashes

[Miaow]

I think if I can't get it working that I'll take it to the next meet up I goto and see if it works on someone else's camera/flash - That way I'll know if it just this flash its having problems with..