Help, can a Pocketwizard Flex TT5 system be used for manual non TTL use?

Dervish99 · 30 Nov 2013

Hi i want to use my Flex TT5 system as a simple non TTL dumb trigger ie, measure the light with a lightmeter, & use the camera on manual is it possible to do this?

Cheers

Russ

ding76uk · 30 Nov 2013

Yes. Just read through the manual and it will show you how to set it up for this. If you add the AC3 you can remotely manually control your flash.

Dervish99 · 30 Nov 2013

have tried that but the AC3 only seems to control the flash power output when in TTL seems to make no difference when the camera & flash is set to manual.

boyfalldown · 30 Nov 2013

As Carl said RTFM

Dervish99 · 30 Nov 2013

I have RTFM but didn't understand it, my apologies for being thick on 2 counts, 1 for not understanding the manual, and 2 for wasting my time asking here for help.:thumbsdown:

boyfalldown · 30 Nov 2013

I'm sorry if I came over as harsh, but using either the ac3 or another flash as controller you shouldn't change the mode of the remote flash.

If setting the mode to manual on the remote use a PC sync lead off the trigger to fire.

lostsoulal2 · 30 Nov 2013

Assuming you have set the Flash to Manual, and the AC3 Zone controller also to Manual, you should be able to adjust the power setting from the AC3 - have you tried looking at the tutorials on the Pocketwizard site? See here Manual mode is covered about 5 minutes in.

Finste · 30 Nov 2013

Hi,

Haven't used mine for a while but if I remember correctly, leave the flashes in ETTL mode. On the AC3, flip the switches to M. The wheels on the AC3 will then control the flash output manually.

Regards...

Phil V · 30 Nov 2013

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Finste said:
Hi,

Haven't used mine for a while but if I remember correctly, leave the flashes in ETTL mode. On the AC3, flip the switches to M. The wheels on the AC3 will then control the flash output manually.

Regards...

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Leave the flashes in TTL and the camera or a c3 will manage the power output (as manual)

Dervish99 · 30 Nov 2013

Thanks Steven and Phil.

TG. · 3 Dec 2013

Phil V said:
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Leave the flashes in TTL and the camera or a c3 will manage the power output (as manual)

Just to confirm this, I found it hard to get my head around at first, I couldn't understand how the flash worked manually from TTL mode, but it's the AC3 doing the controlling, there is another thread on here which I posted a while back about the same thing, which if I remember correctly, Phil and Hoppy explained it there too

HoppyUK · 3 Dec 2013

It makes sense if you consider that E-TTL is the general name of Canon's flash control system, and it can control remote guns for either auto-TTL or manual exposure. Either way, the remotes must be set in slave mode or they won't respond to master instructions.