05-27-2015 08:35 PM
Hi all,
I have an EOS 6D and a Speedlite 580exii. For the life of my I cannot get the high speed sync to work. At anything past the shutter sync speed I get a black bar despite the fact I have enabled the high speed sync mode. I should also note I am using a pocket wizard.
Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
05-28-2015 10:48 AM - edited 05-28-2015 10:53 AM
Ditch the pocketwizard.
Get a 90EX to use as a wireless optical flash controller. It supports HSS on a remote flash (though it doesn't do HSS itself).
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05-28-2015 10:52 AM
Thanks for the reply.
I figured out last night that it was the Pocket Wizard that was causing the holdup.
05-28-2015 10:56 AM
Good to hear you got it to work.
05-28-2015 11:00 AM
Oh, haha, I didn't get it to work, I just figured out that the Pocket Wizard was my problem and I need a more sophisticated one that can handle it.
05-28-2015 11:10 AM
Using High Speed Sync is a feature of the E-TTL mode of the flash (in "manual" mode you don't get HSS). Canon doesn't publish the specs for E-TTL... third parties reverse-engineer it to try to build compatible systems. That means that whenever you buy a component that supports E-TTL, but isn't made by Canon, there's a risk that it may not necessarily be 100% compatible with all E-TTL features.
Glad you got the problem resolved.
05-28-2015 11:13 AM
That is really helpful. Thank you! Can you recommend a best product to use instead of the Pocket Wizard?
05-28-2015 11:41 AM - edited 05-28-2015 11:46 AM
@calculatingcake wrote:That is really helpful. Thank you! Can you recommend a best product to use instead of the Pocket Wizard?
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05-28-2015 01:24 PM
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