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Flash-test-1
'Oscilloscope' screenshot of triggering with wireless radio vs. triggering with pc-sync wired to Minolta 7D.
Produced by connecting the trigger and the pc-sync directly to the soundcard mic-in - is this even a valid method?
The story:
I'm trying to trigger my 5600 HS(D) with a cheap ebay wireless radio trigger (NOTE: this is about _radio_ triggers - I'm aware of the built-in minolta optical wireless system, and I use it all the time).
I have verified that the trigger is working - I can trigger an old nikon sb-24.
I have stripped a minolta oc-cable, and if I short the right wires, the 5600 fires. This also works when connecting the converted cable directly to the 7D:s pc-sync, BUT if I connect it to the wireless trigger, the flash does not fire (the radio transmitter is connected to my 7D via pc-sync cord, the receiver to the flash via cord).
I've tried quite a few setups, and the conclusion is that everything is working fine, except the 5600 does not react to the radio trigger. I'm know very little about electronics, so I have no idea what's causing this...
One theory was that the duration for which the trigger shorts the wires is too short, but if I'm reading this diagram correctly, that's not the case.
There is a big difference, though - might this be the problem anyway?
Ideas and/or solutions welcome... :-)
Flash-test-1
'Oscilloscope' screenshot of triggering with wireless radio vs. triggering with pc-sync wired to Minolta 7D.
Produced by connecting the trigger and the pc-sync directly to the soundcard mic-in - is this even a valid method?
The story:
I'm trying to trigger my 5600 HS(D) with a cheap ebay wireless radio trigger (NOTE: this is about _radio_ triggers - I'm aware of the built-in minolta optical wireless system, and I use it all the time).
I have verified that the trigger is working - I can trigger an old nikon sb-24.
I have stripped a minolta oc-cable, and if I short the right wires, the 5600 fires. This also works when connecting the converted cable directly to the 7D:s pc-sync, BUT if I connect it to the wireless trigger, the flash does not fire (the radio transmitter is connected to my 7D via pc-sync cord, the receiver to the flash via cord).
I've tried quite a few setups, and the conclusion is that everything is working fine, except the 5600 does not react to the radio trigger. I'm know very little about electronics, so I have no idea what's causing this...
One theory was that the duration for which the trigger shorts the wires is too short, but if I'm reading this diagram correctly, that's not the case.
There is a big difference, though - might this be the problem anyway?
Ideas and/or solutions welcome... :-)