wimswyzen Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Please advise.I currently use the 10D and the 550EX flash. I will now add a monolight (start with one to learn with one mono/mono+flash). I pretty much decided on a Hensel Integra. I primarily want to shoot children portrait and see the advantages of a complete wireless system. Therefore, what is the best way to get the flash and the monolight simultaneously fired? I`m also considering a light meter (sekonic 558). It is my understanding that this lightmeter is compatible with a pocket wizard remote system? Is this the way to go?Please advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_dowling Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 If you are going to mount the 550EX on the hotshoe, you will need to use the sync jack on the side of the 10D to fire the monolight. I use a Pocket Wizard with my monolights, but the PW transmitter is mounted on the hotshoe. I think you could use your 550EX on the shoe, and connect the 10D sync jack to the sync input jack on your PW transmitter and fire the monolight that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimswyzen Posted December 20, 2003 Author Share Posted December 20, 2003 Thanks Chuck. This should work. What I forgot to mention though that I`d like to have the flexibility to use the 550 off camera (on a light stand) and possibly fire from the Sekonic light meter as well. Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_dowling Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 As far as I know, the only way to remotely fire your 550EX is with another 550EX, or Canon's hot shoe transmitter, STxxx something or other, I don't have the model number handy. Does anyone know if there is an optical trigger that the 550 can hook on to, to be triggered by the monolight flash output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitmstr Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Make sure you use a WEIN safe sync for your monoblock. Also, will you use the 550 in manual or E-TTL mode? Either way, you'll need a Canon adapter and chord as the Ex flashes have no other way of triggering other than the dedicated shoe or IR system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueviews Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 I think the answer is to use the Canon ST-E2 transmitter to fire the 550 and use the 550 flash to trigger the monolight. The Integra has a built in slave so everything should be OK.BillI use something similar to fire some Novatron strobes with no problems from the 10D. One problem is to make sure you're not running in E-ttl mode since the preflash might fire the Hensel.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticlag Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 yeah, definetly listen to Giampiero and get the safe sync if you are going to be using your pc port, or else you risk frying your camera! PC is the way to get them simoltaneously fired. But if you are going to go all wireless with 550ex off camera, then just buy 2 pocketwizard recievers and 1 pocketwizard transmitter. Then buy canon off shoe cord, cut it in half, and splice a regular sync cord that will fit into the pocketwizard into the hotshoe end of the sync cord and put your flash on it and connect it to the pocketwizard. I dont remember off the top of my head what color wire goes to what, but im sure you can search for it you might have to install a couple resistors, but I forgot which. Get a circuit tester. Then you have all wireless! very very handy because you get to use canon's flashes in e-ttl wirelessly with like 300ft non line-of-sight range. very costly, primarily because of expensive transmitters/recievers and the sync cord alone you will be cutting up is 50 bucks. If you are buying a monolight, you are definetly going to need the light meter, no pratical way around it. You should purchase that first and learn to use it. -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticlag Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Yeah, if the mono has a built in slave, then listen to bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 You could also use the Pocket Wizard to fire the monolight, and mount the 550EX on a Ikelite Lite-Link TTL slave ($80). It's the only optical slave that I know of that will work with all 550EXs. Most of them fire once & then lock up. The 550EX's built in slave device won't trip with a standard flash but the Lite-Link will. I am also not sure if a Pocket Wizard can be adapted to fire a 550EX. It might lock up like they usually do with an optical slave. Has anybody actually tried this? If it works, it would be more reliable than an optical slave, but the Lite-Link is cheaper, and is a very good optical slave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticlag Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 There was this photojournalist for the associated press who as far as I know, first conceived and executed it. He says it works great, I'll try and find his website again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimswyzen Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 Thanks to all. I think I`m closer to a decision. Another question for Bill: Isn`t there a chance that the ST-E2 might trigger the monolight if it sends the IR signal to the 550 EX? Willit still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 <I>"Isn`t there a chance that the ST-E2 might trigger the monolight if it sends the IR signal to the 550 EX? Willit still work?"</I> <P> More than a chance. Others have reported that this happens. So, no, it won't work, or at least it probably won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimswyzen Posted December 25, 2003 Author Share Posted December 25, 2003 I just got my new set up. ST-E2 and the Hensel monoligt. Works great. The ST-E2 triggers the 550EX and the 550 triggers the monolight. Soo far no problem-all wireless. Still have to figure out how to (as an alternative), hook up safely the monolight with my 10D. I have the PC cable and also a Wein Safe-Sync(Model SSH). Don`t really know how to use this though...Is this the correct Wein Safe-Sync? Please advise.Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene_austin Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 As a followup question, is there any way to use use the 10D's PC connector to trigger it with a Sekonic light meter and Pocket Wizard transmitter module? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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