I know the Obey3 blacks out for a small amount of time in chase mode. Does the Obey4 do that as well, or do the colours smoothly fade into each other?
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I have had a terrible time getting it to connect. So I went ahead and bought a DJ light board and it works fantastic!
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Ed, to answer your second question (didn't see it the first time) the automatic Cinema Smooth feature is curious...the "Auto" selection is greyed out on my PN50B560, however, I can choose "Off" or "Cinema Smooth." When in Cinema Smooth mode, it appears to actually be in Auto mode...if I turn off 24fps on my PS3, it displays 60fps just fine, and when I turn on 24fps, it also displays just fine...I think they should just fix the menu and change "Cinema Smooth" to "Auto," and only have two menu options...obviously in addition to fixing the increased black level issue... Ed, to answer your second question (didn't see it the first time) the automatic Cinema Smooth feature is curious...the "Auto" selection is greyed out on my PN50B560, however, I can choose "Off" or "Cinema Smooth." When in Cinema Smooth mode, it appears to actually be in Auto mode...if I turn off 24fps on my PS3, it displays 60fps just fine, and when I turn on 24fps, it also displays just fine...I think they should just fix the menu and change "Cinema Smooth" to "Auto," and only have two menu options...obviously in addition to fixing the... » Read More Ed, to answer your second question (didn't see it the first time) the automatic Cinema Smooth feature is curious...the "Auto" selection is greyed out on my PN50B560, however, I can choose "Off" or "Cinema Smooth." When in Cinema Smooth mode, it appears to actually be in Auto mode...if I turn off 24fps on my PS3, it displays 60fps just fine, and when I turn on 24fps, it also displays just fine...I think they should just fix the menu and change "Cinema Smooth" to "Auto," and only have two menu options...obviously in addition to fixing the increased black level issue... « Show Less
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Change your mode to constant and it will stay on one color. you can pic many styles of flashing and pick out your own colors and make a custom sequence
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Yes it seems to be in slow motion when using the Magic Pix(nightshot) mode.. although I'm not sure how this looks when transfered to P.C.
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Typically you leave the flash on ETTL mode, and listen to the zoo as a conformation the units are Talking.My flashes are 430 exII and thats what I see, the flash screen does not mirror all the changes on the commander.
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It behaves pretty strange before you activate it. Just fallow the directions and it'll behave normally. I had to reboot mine because the colors inverted or something, but after that it never gave me any more problems.
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Sounds like you have a chaser affect on or something. Look into the effects settings and make sure there is nothing selected, or at bare min "none" is selected for effects. The only other thing it could be is the power supply isn't able to keep the proper amount of power to your controller, but it sounds much more like an effect if the timing is as predictable as you say.
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The 4 Bar is not wireless. Obey 4 will work with the 4 Bar, but why? Almost all of the functions of the Obey 4 are built in to the 4 Bar and can be controlled by the foot switch. The 4 Bar can be set to either 3 or 15 DMX channels and can thus be used with pretty much any DMX controller. I have a 4 Play which is similar to the 4 Bar and I set it to auto sound activated play. and use the Obey 4 to control 16 other separate assorted Par cans (usually setting the Obey to auto sound mode). Try Chauvet's website for details of the 4 Bar (or any of their products): http://www.chauvetlighting.com/4-bar.html The 4 Bar is not wireless. Obey 4 will work with the 4 Bar, but why? Almost all of the functions of the Obey 4 are built in to the 4 Bar and can be controlled by the foot switch. The 4 Bar can be set to either 3 or 15 DMX channels and can thus be used with pretty much any DMX controller. I have a 4 Play which is similar to the 4 Bar and I set it to auto sound activated play. and use the Obey 4 to control 16 other separate assorted Par cans (usually setting the Obey to auto sound mode). Try Chauvet's website for details of the 4 Bar (or any of their products):... » Read More The 4 Bar is not wireless. Obey 4 will work with the 4 Bar, but why? Almost all of the functions of the Obey 4 are built in to the 4 Bar and can be controlled by the foot switch. The 4 Bar can be set to either 3 or 15 DMX channels and can thus be used with pretty much any DMX controller. I have a 4 Play which is similar to the 4 Bar and I set it to auto sound activated play. and use the Obey 4 to control 16 other separate assorted Par cans (usually setting the Obey to auto sound mode). Try Chauvet's website for details of the 4 Bar (or any of their products): http://www.chauvetlighting.com/4-bar.html « Show Less
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Thanks for the reply. Please let us know if you are experiencing any of the freezing or color problems we've been seeing in the forum posts.
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This is what the advanced manual says (haven't tried it yet): When you're in MyColors, go right until Sepia is highlighted, then press the Menu button. Sepia now changes to BW and you can shoot in black and white. A little convoluted if you ask me, but once you find it, shouldn't be too difficult to access in the future.
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I'm not having any color casting problem at all. I would think using a grey card would correct it, or set balance to the flash setting if its not already. I have been just shooting auto white balance. What I find most helpful is U-tube tutorials: it's how I learned everything about my camera, speed light, strobes and softboxes!
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I've just bought the 2557, also replacing a 1490, which I really liked. I feel like this 2557 has horrible contrast, and as you say, all colors look weak and faded. Did you have any success with follow up regarding yours? Nothing I see on my screen matches the bright colors on the Garmin website or product sales card from the store. May return it, as it's quite frustrating and... oddly, distracting.
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Not exactly. One of the pedals on the foot controller will cycle through all the preset "scenes" changing each time you step on it. There is also a blackout pedal. The third pedal turns on the built-in microphone and the lights are supposed to cycle through the factory "scenes" in time with whatever music the mic is picking up, unfortunately the mic is so sensitive that even on it's lowest setting the slightest sounds cause the lights to change. This has made using the built-in mic pedal rather useless in a live band or DJ setup because almost any SPL above say 80db causes the lights to frantically move through its "scenes" so rapidly that it's very distracting and impractical for any real world applications. However I have been able to use the pedal with our band in a similar way that you describe. When we're playing music I set one of the pedals to slowly cycle through it's scenes, when we end a song I hit the blackout pedal and when we need to talk to the audience between songs I have the third pedal set on pure white light (or whatever color you choose beforehand). I just cycle through these settings throughout a typical set. So, in a sense the pedal can do what you describe, but you're limited to just one "scene" for the entire pedalboard, there are no memory banks to recall different scenes at will. If you want to change anything you have to do it manually, one click at a time on the pedalboard. When you hit a different pedal (i.e. Blackout) you can only go back to the same previous setting you were using before when you step on another pedal. Hope this helps!
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The bar hooks in to the control panel and then dirt to battery and yes has the chase pattern. The rear of the bar has a 3 pattern traffic adviser. I have had good luck with it and it is brighter than its Whelen competitor.
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I think you have your answer from others here, but I thought I would chime in and call out that not only is it better and faster it locks on faster than my 1D Mark IV in low light conditions. There are a lot of tweak able settings, but I haven't found the AI servo to be as fast or reliable as the 1D, of course, that is mostly because I want the extra ~4fps and haven't fiddled enough with the AF settings. Even better than the AF system though is how gorgeous the photos that come out of the Mark III are. Incredible, even at silly ISO settings (12800+). You will love it if you get one.
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I only have experience using this remote with ADJ Profile Panel RGBs which will cycle through presets, blackout, and change strobe intensity. I can only assume it will work in a similar way if not exactly the same.
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The 4 Bar is not wireless. Obey 4 will work with the 4 Bar, but why? Almost all of the functions of the Obey 4 are built in to the 4 Bar and can be controlled by the foot switch. The 4 Bar can be set to either 3 or 15 DMX channels and can thus be used with pretty much any DMX controller. I have a 4 Play which is similar to the 4 Bar and I set it to auto sound activated play. and use the Obey 4 to control 16 other separate assorted Par cans (usually setting the Obey to auto sound mode). Try Chauvet's website for details of the 4 Bar (or any of their products): http://www.chauvetlighting.com/4-bar.html