580II PC Socket

[cochranb]

I am trying to determine if I can use the PC socket on the 580II as the

trigger for a Pocket Wizard to fire some stobes.

 

I have seen several comments on having the PW fire the 580II, but not the

other way around.

 

What I am attempting to do is light up a Church ceiling with the stobes and

have the direct flash on camera as the fill. I have attempted to use a 580

with a digital peanut slave (taped inside a lumiquest) connected to the

transmiter, but didn't get consistant firings using both manual and normal

mode on the flash. I am hoping that the 580II will solve this connection

issue.

 

Thanks,

 

Bryan

[colinsouthern]

Off memory the PC socket on a 580EX II is an input socket only. Michael Bass Designs can modify them to make it an output socket as well as make it active in manual master mode.