Amazon.com: Aputure 2.4Ghz Trigmaster Kit (One Transmitter + 2 Receivers) Radio Remote Flash Trigger and Shutter Cable Release, fits Pentax *ist DS, DS2, D, DL, DL2, K10D, K20D, K100D, K110D, K200D, K-5, fully compatible with PENTAX CS-205, CONTAX LA
So I get these shipped in from the states as I saw several people recommending them.
I'm using an old Pentax AF160 flash.
Seems to be working fine. I get them set up, hit the test button a few times. All seems good. I noticed once or twice it didn't seem to fire, but push it again and it's good.
Last night, I really put it to work and took well over 100 shots using the flash. Everything seemed fine.
Today I get it set up again. Doing smoke shots off incense. Get it set up, fire a couple, then nothing.
Red light is coming on the receiver, but the flash isn't firing. It's ready.
So I grab the other receiver, throw some batteries in it, incense burns down, put the flash on it, hit the test button, flash fires fine.
Put it back on the other one. Red light, no flash. Change batteries, still no flash.
Great, I gotta send this back to the states to be exchanged from Korea.
So I get set up with another stick of incense. Start firing pictures, get through a little over a hundred, no problem.
So i turn all the devices off, check out my pictures, edit some, upload, etc.
go back for another stick of incense because I want to try another shot. Get a stand-in. Fire off a few practice shots, light the incense, get ready to start taking the real shot and where is the flash?
red light.. no flash..
bloody..
hit fire off like 10 pictures, no flash, suddenly get one with a flash, and that is it..no more flash.
Both of them have the red light coming on, but now neither one of them which both fired the flash over 100 times are capable of firing the flash.
They both still work to fire the camera using them reverse, they just can no longer fire the flash. The flash still fires fine directly from the camera.
what is going on here?
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additional info. I ran a cable from the transmitter, to the receiver, and hit the test button, it fires the flash. It seems like only the wireless function of both receivers has crapped out. So the receiver can fire the flash it's just not doing it wirelessly anymore
and this is completely bizarre..
if I run a patch cable from the camera jack to the flash jack on the same receiver, it will fire the flash. So.. the receiver can take a signal, send it out the camera jack, take it in the flash jack and fire the flash. Remove the cable, and the same receiver can no longer fire the flash, despite being able to do it before and apparently still possessing the capability of firing the flash. The wireless trigger seems to be working as it's sending the signal out the cable..
Last edited by crossmr; 01-27-2013 at 05:37 AM.