Dear Friends, Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. It is, unfortunately, a little late to suggest asbstinence from Pentaxforums; I am already a long time member ;)
Seriously though, thank you all (especially John) for insisting on the fact even poor triggers should work; as this is no P-TTL or anything complicated. I have tried my K20D at "trailing curtain synch" setting now and, all of a sudden, everything seems to work! At this setting I am able to use the trigger at 1/180th sec! Simple as that! No need to ask my question 'elsewhere' :) Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2011/12/1 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > I use Paul C. Buff CyberSync and they work fine with the K20D up to 1/180th > sec. My old cheap Chinese (eBay special) radio triggers worked fine with it > too. They're just not very durable. > > You should be able to get up to 1/180 sec with the K20D and *any* brand of > radio slave. I know Pentax doesn't fire the hot-shoe when the shutter speed > is set faster than sync. There may be other settings that keep the hot-shoe > from firing at slower speeds. I had trouble with shutter speeds slower than > sync not firing the flash until I set the camera to use slow-sync. > > I can't explain why it did that, I just know that I experienced it. I didn't > find any clues in the manual. > > Are you trying to use the trigger as a remote trigger for the camera shutter > or using it to trigger a remote flash? When I Googled Aputure brand I found > this on Amazon that indicates it can do either: > > http://www.amazon.com/Aputure-Trigmaster-Transmitter-Receivers-Trigger/dp/B004FLC80U/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1322692347&sr=1-10 > > TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7mnhgo3 > > I'm pretty sure it's just the same unit as the Canon Digital Rebels. I think > they use the same size remote cable release plug as Pentax uses. > > If you're mounting the transmitter on the camera's hot-shoe and using the > receiver to fire a remote flash, I wonder if some setting on your camera is > what is keeping the hot-shoe from firing at over 1/60th of a second. If > you've got something like a Vivitar 285HV you can test by mounting it > directly on the hot shoe to see whether it fires at over 1/60th. The 285HV > trigger voltage should be safe with the K20D's hot shoe. > > > > From: Bulent Celasun > >> Mine (Aputure brand) synchs only at (and below) 1/60th of a second. >> >> The Company web site was saying that they support Pentax (as well as >> Canon on the same unit) up to a synch speed of 1/250th. >> >> Pocket Wizards is rather too expensive here. >> Any others? > > >> 2011/11/30 William Robb <[email protected]>: >>> >>> On 30/11/2011 8:39 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: >>>> >>>> Update: >>>> >>>> A company ?representative has just sent me an email saying that they >>>> >>>> do not support Pentax cameras. >>>> Also, the (plain wrong) statements of support on their web site will >>>> soon be removed. >>>> He says they only support C* and N* cameras. >>>> >>>> Could you please name a radio trigger who "does" support K20D and K5? >>>> >>> I use Pocket Wizards, and I've heard that most others do work with >>> Pentax. >>> What sort of support are you looking for? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
