Is there any way to get this unit to fire continuous high speed frame rate of the camera? Only fires in short bursts and stutters. Otherwise great.
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Set camera to High Speed Continuous and shutter speed to desired frame rate. Set Phottix to 'b' (Bulb Mode). Hold shutter on Phottix trigger down for 3 seconds and shutter will release at interval the shutter speed is set to UNTIL you hit the trigger again to stop firing.I used this for star trail capture. 30" shutter speed, high continuous, 'b' on Phottix....wa-lah.
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Put the camera in rapid fire, manual focus, out the trigger in bulb... hit it once and the shutter will stay engaged. That might work.
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I'm sorry, but my father used my account to purchase this item. So I know nothing about it.
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The stutter might be related to the buffer of the camera... shoot in jpg, not in raw, get a high speed card, and you can get 50+ shots without fooling the buffer.
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Put the camera in rapid fire, manual focus, out the trigger in bulb... hit it once and the shutter will stay engaged.That might work.
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1) Just as NikonBrad suggests, try it in manual mode. 2) Can you take the same shot, in auto, with the regular body trigger? If so, the unit isn't sending the signal to record.
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I have been shooting mine with a 1100 fps pellet gun. It makes a noise and swings some, but doesn't make it swing up all the way requiring a shot to reset.
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I've rarely used the camera for video but, according to the owner's manual, you can shoot in 30 or 60p frames per second, with various picture size (bit rate) choices. There is a "high speed video" choice which fixes the scene mode to QVGA (640x480 pixels/approx. 4 Mbps) in the Motion JPEG format. There is also a "variable bit rate" which is changed automatically depending on the subject to record (the recording time is shortened when a subject with fast movement is recorded). I could send you snapshots of sections of the manual if I had your email address.
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Also note that any camera will slow down the "time between shots" if you use flash and maximum resolution and HD. But 5-10 seconds is absurd. Let us know if the extra firmware update improves this.
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Maybe you have to check on your camera settings. I think you could have issues with continuous shooting because sometimes the strobes doesn't charge so fast.
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I have not found it great for that kind of shooting, but maybe there is a setting I have not yet discovered which will allow it to cycle fast enough. From time to time I may try shooting motorsport with it, so you're talking a very high demand. Maybe a slower sport may be ok.
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Perfectly? 1. Have you been able to use the LCD display to set a timed interval exposure? 2. did you try to use the grip's arrow buttons to move the focus point while in live mode?
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Good morning, Sorry it took so long to respond; I have been on vacation. I hope that your problem was resolved. I tried my unit for the first time yesterday; and the main problem that I had was making sure to push down the button down on the transmitter and hold it there for several seconds in order for it to operate. Also where to place the receiver on the camera hot shoe in order to receive the single; had the receiver facing backwards so that it would operate. Als make sure the batteries are in correctly. Bottom line, you get what you pay for. Good luck and have a great week. Jeff
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I have never had a similar problem when shooting in normal mode, BUT i did notice when shooting in HDR mode it drained the battery quickly and processed pretty slowly. I suspect the same is true for Panorama mode. I suspect both of these modes use a lot of processing power. I ended up taking it off of HDR mode and didn't have any problems. I bought a second battery from a guy on craigslist and like having a back-up, but that is more for when we haven't charged it for a while. I'm not sure if I did a firmware update or not.
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I have this in my Nikon - there is almost no delay between shots. The Nikon and this fast card work together very well.
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You get the same framerate but be careful. The contacts on the unit to the camera get loose too easily and you can't use it - not a precision design in my experience - can't trust it to work every time.
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1. No. The flash cannot keep up with camera's ability to shoot continuously. 2. Yes. 3. Between 1-2 seconds with new batteries, significantly slower after several consecutive shots. Please note my review -Once this thing is out of warranty, it becomes a "throwaway" unit - no repair parts, no matter how simple, are available from the US Distributor
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Are you shooting manual or automatic? I shoot mainly manual when I use this using pretty standard settings. ISO 200 f/14 and 1/200th second.I don't know what your max sync rate is but that may be the issue.
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I did a lot of research and reviewing and determined the best was the latest high speed versions, specifically this one at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ADFTUG/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I am happy to say the choice was on the money as this card is amazingly fast, and greatly improves the use and experience with this camera. Hopefully this helpful, good luck!
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The flash is fairly quick, but overheats if you shoot too quickly(10 shots in secession at full power)Full manual, no auto.Although it does have a slave mode.
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L. Davis - Are you sure VP8 solves the 2gb per clip issue that most people are having with this camera? That would be great and it would only stand to reason that the other software companies utilize the fix. Let me know.