Cactus V4 Canon 5Dmrk ii Speedlight 430ex

cdonovancdonovan Registered Users Posts: 724 Major grins
edited January 14, 2012 in Accessories
After speaking with the store rep, I think that I have a faulty either trigger or reciever. I've read the manual and every hit google will share with me to try to figure them out, but I have about 5% success rate in getting the flash to fire with this set up currently.

I've read reviews, that say they are wonderful, and I've read that a lot of people have had to return their set to have it replaced with a set that works.

Is there anything stupidly obvious that I am missing? I mean, I'm only asking it to respond, I have my shutter slowed down, I am not pushing it further than it can recycle either.

When I swing the button on my flash over to the slave option ETTL and M (Manual) light up. I know that the triggers obviously cannot transmit the ettl information, but it has me worried that I have something set up incorrectly, as the (forgive me) red test light is continually firing.

Is there anyone on her who has this particular set up?

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  • ThatCanonGuyThatCanonGuy Registered Users Posts: 1,778 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2012
    I have a 430EX and use a friend's 5DmkII occasionally, but I don't use triggers. The ETTL and M screen icons both light up when turned to slave on mine as well. The red test light is continually firing on mine too. I don't have it connected to anything. It sounds like the 430EX is fine. Hope this helps!
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