10-31-2024 05:50 PM - last edited on 11-01-2024 08:52 AM by Danny
HELP!! I purchased my R6 Mirrorless Mark ii Months ago and I don't use it because I can't see
I am coming from a DSLR 5D Mark iii, so I didn't think the learning curve would be bad. I am missing this ONE crucial thing and it is driving me nuts. When I am outside all is good. However, when I am in my studio and I attach my PLUS 3 Transmitter I CAN NOT SEE THRU THE VIEWFINDER OR THE SCREEN IN BACK!!!!! HELP!!! I shoot mostly inside. I feel like this is so dumb, yet I have YouTubed, Googled, Tried every button I can think of!! I am on Manual when I shoot always.
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10-31-2024 09:54 PM
Assuming the plus 3 is a pocket wizard trigger, then the setting you need to change i display simulation, set it to disable.
Here’s why; outdoors the light is constant, so the viewfinder and lcd show a simulation of the exposure based on the camera settings. Shoot in manual and set the shutter speed too fast and the display gets dark. Going indoors and using flash/strobes the light for the exposure is only present when the photo is made. So before taking the photo the camera shows the effect of the 1/125 f/8 and iso 100 or whatever you set, and the simulation is dark - so dark you can’t see the subject and the camera can’t focus. Turn the simulation off, and the camera will boost the brightness to give a display you can see and the camera can focus with even though it cannot simulate the light from the strobes/flash as they haven’t fired.
When you use a Canon dedicated trigger the camera knows the flash is charged and temporarily disables simulation for you. Your Pocket Wizard Plus 3 is not dedicated so it doesn’t do that for you.
10-31-2024 06:01 PM
debbi,
I'm sorry. I've never heard of a Plus 3 Transmitter.
Who makes it, and what does it do? You said you "attach" it. How do you attach it?
Steve Thomas
10-31-2024 07:57 PM
It appears to be a hot shoe mounted remote trigger?
Any reason you wouldn't go Canon for this?
~Rick
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10-31-2024 09:54 PM
Assuming the plus 3 is a pocket wizard trigger, then the setting you need to change i display simulation, set it to disable.
Here’s why; outdoors the light is constant, so the viewfinder and lcd show a simulation of the exposure based on the camera settings. Shoot in manual and set the shutter speed too fast and the display gets dark. Going indoors and using flash/strobes the light for the exposure is only present when the photo is made. So before taking the photo the camera shows the effect of the 1/125 f/8 and iso 100 or whatever you set, and the simulation is dark - so dark you can’t see the subject and the camera can’t focus. Turn the simulation off, and the camera will boost the brightness to give a display you can see and the camera can focus with even though it cannot simulate the light from the strobes/flash as they haven’t fired.
When you use a Canon dedicated trigger the camera knows the flash is charged and temporarily disables simulation for you. Your Pocket Wizard Plus 3 is not dedicated so it doesn’t do that for you.
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