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ap_exclamationpoint · 04-07-2012, 01:06 AM

I'm using wireless triggers and I can't seem to get the flash to trigger wirelessly in manual mode. It works in automatic and in aperture priority but not in manual. What am I doing wrong?

Nuff · 04-07-2012, 01:09 AM

Your shutter speed needs to be lower than 180

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ap_exclamationpoint · 04-07-2012, 01:21 AM

This is exactly why I love this forum. Thanks alot.

Anvh · 04-07-2012, 03:07 AM

In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small...

**jatrax** · 04-07-2012, 05:30 AM

As noted that is what the X-Sync setting is for if you have it. I struggled with the same thing for too long. Even blew away a whole shoot at a cemetery because I could not get the remote flash to fire. Only figured out later it was because the shutter speed was too high.

Now if I but the remote trigger on, it gets set to X-sync, then I don't have to worry about it.

Etrsi_645 · 04-07-2012, 08:05 AM

so X-Sync is a manual mode where the camera watches the shutter speed only?

Anvh · 04-07-2012, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by Etrsi_645

so X-Sync is a manual mode where the camera watches the shutter speed only?

X sync picks the fastest shutter speed for the flash sync, with normal flash that is 1/180 and that's a fixed value then the rest, aperture and ISO are manual.
I believe if you use second curtain then the flash sync drops a bit, not sure though about that one in combination with X mode.

sterretje · 04-07-2012, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by Anvh

In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small...

Very curious why you say that 1/180 is 'in between'. I use 1/2 eV steps and don't have any issues getting to 1/180s and can't get to 1/160s. So 1/160s is something 'in between'

alohadave · 04-07-2012, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by Anvh

In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small...

It's 1/160 because the camera is set to 1/3 stop increments by default. Set it to 1/2 stop and you can get to 1/180.

Anvh · 04-07-2012, 05:29 PM

Glad you answer each other message for me =]

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ap_exclamationpoint Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 58	flash question I'm using wireless triggers and I can't seem to get the flash to trigger wirelessly in manual mode. It works in automatic and in aperture priority but not in manual. What am I doing wrong?

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04-07-2012, 01:09 AM	#2
Nuff Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 671	Your shutter speed needs to be lower than 180 http://jarek.smugmug.com

04-07-2012, 01:21 AM	#3
ap_exclamationpoint Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 58 Original Poster	This is exactly why I love this forum. Thanks alot.

04-07-2012, 03:07 AM	#4
Anvh Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,616	In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small...

04-07-2012, 05:30 AM	#5
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,992	As noted that is what the X-Sync setting is for if you have it. I struggled with the same thing for too long. Even blew away a whole shoot at a cemetery because I could not get the remote flash to fire. Only figured out later it was because the shutter speed was too high. Now if I but the remote trigger on, it gets set to X-sync, then I don't have to worry about it.

04-07-2012, 08:05 AM	#6
Etrsi_645 New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: northwest Indiana USA Posts: 15	so X-Sync is a manual mode where the camera watches the shutter speed only?

04-07-2012, 09:25 AM	#7
Anvh Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,616	Originally posted by Etrsi_645 so X-Sync is a manual mode where the camera watches the shutter speed only? X sync picks the fastest shutter speed for the flash sync, with normal flash that is 1/180 and that's a fixed value then the rest, aperture and ISO are manual. I believe if you use second curtain then the flash sync drops a bit, not sure though about that one in combination with X mode.

04-07-2012, 10:10 AM	#8
sterretje Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Roodepoort, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,561	Originally posted by Anvh In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small... Very curious why you say that 1/180 is 'in between'. I use 1/2 eV steps and don't have any issues getting to 1/180s and can't get to 1/160s. So 1/160s is something 'in between'

04-07-2012, 10:51 AM	#9
alohadave Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Quincy, MA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,024	Originally posted by Anvh In manual mode the max is 1/160 because 1/180 is an step in between that it does not normally take. If you really want 1/180 you need to use X mode if your camera has that but the difference is so small... It's 1/160 because the camera is set to 1/3 stop increments by default. Set it to 1/2 stop and you can get to 1/180.

04-07-2012, 05:29 PM	#10
Anvh Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,616	Glad you answer each other message for me =]

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