Bonjour,
Quelques nouvelles de mon soucis avec mon matériel.
Tout d'abord, j'ai contacté Cactus. Voici un extrait de mon mail et de leur réponse :
Mon courrier :
Hi,
I just bought a pair of Cactus V5 with hot-shoes in order to be used with my Sony A55 and my Sigma EF-530DG Super SO-ADI flash. I bought the products listed below (order #XXXXX dated of the 22nd of may 2011):
DICFLAWFTV5D Cactus Wireless Flash Transceiver V5 Duo
DICFLAADASON 4-pin FS-1100 Hot Shoe Adapter for Konica Minolta / Sony Alpha camera
DICFLAADA1200 Hot Shoe Adapter for Sony / Konica Minolta Flash as FS-1200
I made several tests and I find that the signal did not triggered off the flash. The signal arrive until the receiver (validated by the green light signal when I press the button on the camera). So, I conclude that the problem is between the receiver and the flash. Did you already encountered technical issues with these equipments (Sony A55 + Sigma EF-530DG Super SO-ADI + hot-shoes)?
I will try to find a flash with a ISO hot-shoe in order to test the Cactus receiver but it won't help me to determine which one from the flash or hot-shoe adapter is the problem. In your opinion, what kind of test should I try?
Thanks in advance for the help you could provide to me,
Best regards,
Leur réponse
Dear Benoit,
Thank you for your reply.
Certain Sony flashes only trigger a flash when the connection is validated with the camera. It may be the same case on the Sigma flash with Sony feet. What you could try is to first connect the flash to the V5 via the PC sync cable. You can do this by using the V5 provided PC Sync cable, connect the V5 (3.5mm) to the hot shoe adatper, which has a pc sync connection. Then you may mount your Sony flash on the hot shoe.
If the above does not fire the flash, you may try the second method. First, mount your Sony flash unit directly on your camera hot shoe. Switch on the camera and flash unit. Take a few shots to ensure the connection has been validated. Then unmount the flash without switching off the power, and mount it on the V5 (via the hot shoe adapter). This will trick the flash and make it think that it has already been connected with the camera.
Please let us know if the above helps. Thank you and we look forward to your test results!
J'ai pris le temps de vérifier que le récepteur déclenchait bien, en contrôler à l'ohm-mètre à la sortie du hot-shoe. Et j'ai 16ohms quand l'appareil déclenche 2s au niveau des contacts alors que j'ai 0 sur la connexion PC sync. Je vais leur transmettre mes observations et attendre leur réponse.
Je vous tiendrais au courant
