egibaud Posted November 24, 2007 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, Has anyone used a cactus remote flash trigger along with an M8? any problems? I had not used my Leica SF24 flash for months so the other day I wanted to use it. I shot about 5 pictures and it stopped working. Although the test botton did fire the flash. Then I got home I have one of this cactus remote trigger (the cheap competition of pocket wizard). I decided to try it on my first M8 body, and it fired a couple of shots, and same thing as the Leica flash, it stopped working although I could fire the flash via the remote trigger test button. So I tried with my other M8 body, first Leica flash, it worked then the remote trigger and it did not work more that a couple of pictures. I tried the Leica flash again and nothing. What is very strange is that on my first M8 body, I had NEVER tried the remote trigger before the Leica Flash stopped working. I suspect that the problems are not due to the Leica Flash or the remote trigger but to both M8 bodies. Has anyone had similar problems? any solution? Thank you, Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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egibaud Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted November 25, 2007 no answer regaring a similar problem???? Please help :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted November 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted November 25, 2007 Not sure of the real problem but have you considered that the remote trigger is putting out to much voltage for the M8. Other then that you need to try a completely different flash and if it doesn't fire then you might need to send the M8's in for repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted November 25, 2007 Hi, How come it worked at the begining? does the trigger actually send voltage to the M8 and not the other way around? Many people us this triger as an alternative to the Pocket Wizard. Has anyone had any problem with a Pocket Wizard with and M8? Thanks Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted November 25, 2007 Share #5 Posted November 25, 2007 Eric, The reason I went with the pocket wizard ( I know it ain't cheap) is that it fires 99.99% of the time. It works great with the M8 and fires equally as well with any of my Canon bodies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted November 25, 2007 I was thinking about this right now. I always say.... Cheap ALWAYS ends up being expensive.... And while reading I decided to do some more testing.... I removed batteries on both M8 bodies.... and now the Leica Flash works... Should I dare doing some testing with the remote trigger again???? or go for Pocket Wizard... How much do the cost? they sell in pairs I think, no? they always cost cheaper than repairing an M8 body, no? Thanks for advice, Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted November 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I finally dare trying again the trigger.... and it worked fine... strange very strange this happened on both camera bodies..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted November 25, 2007 Share #8 Posted November 25, 2007 They're about $300 US for a pair (transmitter/receiver). What I really like is you can get the Sekonic light meter with a pocket-wizard chip which will trigger your strobes as well without cables and sync chords running all over the studio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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