Yes I mean FEC, sorry about that.

I can confirm that full FEC control is now available with the 430EX11 and the Mini & Flex combo using the new firmware. This makes the 430 an excellent value option as an extra Speedlite.

Regards,

Damien.

With the recent beta firmware does the 430EX II still not support FEC?
I was thinking of purchasing one just for the increased range. Please let me know what the range from the 430EXII is like compared to the 580EXII.

Best regards

Great thanks. That’s very clear.

David

Don’t sell your ST-E2 yet because if you are using more than one Speedlite with the PW TTL system you can use the ST-E2 ratio function to vary the power to the Speedlites even though they are being triggered by radio.

You can also have a couple of distant Speedlites being triggered by a pair of Flex TT5s and a couple of near Speedlights being triggered by the infra red of the ST-E2 at the same time.

I hope this helps,

Damien.

Thanks for all the posts about the pocket wizards. One thing I’m confused about: do you still need the ST-E2 unit to sit on top of the transmitter, or can I sell that, and just use the mini transmitter/transceiver on the camera and a transceiver on the flash?

Dave

When used remotely the ‘on Speedlight’ compensation is disabled. When you use the camera cord the camera thinks the flash is still on the camera and local enough for you to use the compensation.

Use the camera controls to set the flash exposure comp when in remote mode

Cheers,

Damien.

Try this.

Switch your 5D power switch to the position that enables the rear comand dial.

Put your 5D into Manual mode. Set the ISO to 200, the shutter speed to 1/200th of a second and the lens to f/8.

Put a MiniTT1 on the camera. Set it to channel 1 or 2.

Put a 580MK11 on the FlexTT5 some distance away pointing away from the camera. Leave the flash in the same mode as it would be on camera ie: not in slave or master etc and not in high speed sync or second curtain sync mode either.

Set the Flex to the same channel as the MiniTT1 and the group to A or B (not C).

On the camera ensure there is no flash compensation dialed in. The range is minus 2 stops to plus 2 stops and is accessed by momentarily activating the cameras meter by half pressing the shutter, then a single press on the flash comp/metering mode button (nearest the shutter release) and dial the rear command dial until the analogue scale on the top plate is centered.

Fire a frame to calibrate/wake the system. Take a picture and it should look correctly exposed.

Adjust the flash compensation on the camera to Minus 2 stops and take another picture. It should look dark. Repeat using plus 2 stops to confirm correct functioning of the camera and flash system.

If this doesn’t work I’ll ring you

Regards, Damien.

Dave

I don’t know where you are getting plus 3 stops of compensation from or a wired connection. My 5D only goes to +2 max and there are no wires with the PW FlexTT5.

Puzzled.

Damien.

Cheers

Dave