So im having an issue with fully manual lenses and off camera flashes/triggers.
I recently switched over to the godox system of flashes. Here's what I have:
Flashpoint xpro-p trigger
Flashpoint ad200
2x godox TT600 (these are manual flashes when mounted on camera)
1x Pentax AF360FGZ II Flash (I use this for running and gunning with HSS/TTL on camera)
lenses tested:
Helios 44k-4 (full manual)
Tamron Adaptall 28mm f/2.5 (auto aperture, manual focus)
Pentax D-FA 24-70 f/2.8 (auto everything)
It seems as if the manual lens i attach doesnt have auto aperture, I cannot get it to fire with the Xpro-p attached. I experienced this with the cactus triggers as well.
With the manual lens attached here are my results:
Xpro-p trigger (attached): will not fire in any mode except for a TTL preflash from the AD200 when set to TTL.
AF360FGZ (attached): Fires normally in P-TTL and Manual.
TT600 (attached): Fires normally in manual (does not have TTL).
Interestingly, i was at a workshop this weekend and I attached a Godox X1T made for Nikon to camera and it was able to trigger flashes with a manual lens. I'm guessing this was because the pins didnt line up outside of the center one, and the camera behaved as if it was a manual flash.
I'm not expecting TTL to work, but i'd like a way to trigger flashes that ive set the power for using this trigger if possible. Does anyone know of any cheap solutions?
I've heard of a trick where you short out one of the pins on the lens mount, but if possible i don't want to have to fiddle with that every time i switch lenses. My goal is to use some manual lenses in the studio.
I was thinking of trying a PC sync cable to my xpro-p trigger and removing it off my hotshoe, but i dont have a cable handy. Another thing that i'd like to try is attached some kind of adapter on the hotshoe that will only pass through the center pin and ignore the others.
Perhaps something like this between my Xpro-p trigger and camera?
Please let me know if you've dealt with this before.
Thanks