lt-cartman
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Hi All i know this is mainly a video forum but i need your help. - feel free to place the post in the correct forum ifs its not supposed to be here.
I own 2 GH2's both hacked with I Powells Flomotion V2.02 firmware.
I recently purchased the following elinchrom light kit. - Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 To Go Set. from an irish photographic supplier based in Dublin.
My problem is as follows, My Digital camera is as stated a Panasonic GH2. I cannot get the included EL-Skyport Transmitter SPEED to work wirelessly with my GH2.
Last night I brought the lights to my local camera club of which I am a committee member. There I have verified that the EL-Skysport Speed transmitter (that accompanies the light set) works as it should (wirelessly fires the RX4’s) when placed onto the hot shoe of several (7) canon cameras and 2 Nikon cameras and a Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd, and about 6 different Panasonic cameras – all of these worked flawlessly.
I got a lend of a hot shoe to PC port adaptor to see if it would let the Skyport Transmitter SPEED work wirelessly with my GH2, I placed the Speed into the hot shoe PC adaptor and used the Elinchrom PC included cable to connect the Speed to the hotshoe’s PC port. I then placed the entire assembly on my GH2 and it still would NOT wirelessly fire the lights (the test button on the EL-Skyport SPEED trigger sets off the lights just fine BTW). I then proceeded to take the hot shoe to PC adaptor and connected EL-Skysport SPEED transmitter assembly and I then placed it on the several canon cameras and a few Nikon cameras and panasonic cameras that I had previously successfully triggered the lights with (with just the EL-Skysport SPEED Transmitter speed alone) all of these cameras successfully fired the lights just fine.
I also went to a friend’s local Photo studio and used my GH2 with his Bowen light setup that were all wirelessly controlled by a Kenro wireless trigger and receiver system – the gh2 worked perfectly when I placed the Kenro hot shoe trigger on the GH2’s hot shoe.
HOWEVER If I use the hot shoe to PC adaptor on my camera and connect the long (20-25 foot) PC (cable which came with the kit) to the remote port on the back of one of the D-lite RX lights it WILL fire the lights just fine when I press on the GH2’s shutter button.
So to summarize.
My hot shoe to PC port adaptor (which I borrowed) seems to work (verified by hard wiring it directly to the D-lite RX remote port.
The EL-Skyport Transmitter SPEED works wirelessly with Canon, Nikon panasonic and Fujifilm cameras. (Just not my 2 GH2's)
I cannot seem to get the Skyport to work with my Panasonic GH2 cameras (I have 2 btw). Whether it’s in “normal” or “speed sync” mode. – the hot shoe fitting is fine I>E> correctly seated (when I connect the transmitter speed to the hot shoe the camera indicated that a flash unit is attached (I.E. it sets max shutter to 1/160 sec –which is the default for the gh2 when used with standard non ttl flash units not equipped with a High speed Sync function)
I know the set works if I hard wire one of the D-lite RX lights to the PC port hotshoe adaptor BUT I DO NOT want to have to use the cable (for safety, & convenience reasons). And I also do not what to have to rely on firing my GH”’s built in flash and utilizing Flash sensor on the back of both D-Lite RX units.
Has anyone on the forum who has a hacked GH2 ever successfully used the elinchrom D-lite rx 2 or 4 with the skyspeed transmitter -
MORE important,y the supplier seems to think that because the gh2 has been hacked - using Flow Motion v2.02 firmware from the amazing I-Powell, - that this is the cause of the problem. any ideas from I Powell as to weather the hack could be causing the problem? - BTW i have already tried reloading the original panasonic firmware and verified that in "movie mode" I had no access to ISO serrings above 3200 ISO. - BUT this still would not remote fire the lights though the EL-Skypoty Speed unit.
I hope that some of the forum members may be able to shed a bit of light and may be able to provide me with a possible solution so that I may get my GH2 cameras to work wirelessly (out of the box) as it should.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest Regards
Toolman
I own 2 GH2's both hacked with I Powells Flomotion V2.02 firmware.
I recently purchased the following elinchrom light kit. - Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 To Go Set. from an irish photographic supplier based in Dublin.
My problem is as follows, My Digital camera is as stated a Panasonic GH2. I cannot get the included EL-Skyport Transmitter SPEED to work wirelessly with my GH2.
Last night I brought the lights to my local camera club of which I am a committee member. There I have verified that the EL-Skysport Speed transmitter (that accompanies the light set) works as it should (wirelessly fires the RX4’s) when placed onto the hot shoe of several (7) canon cameras and 2 Nikon cameras and a Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd, and about 6 different Panasonic cameras – all of these worked flawlessly.
I got a lend of a hot shoe to PC port adaptor to see if it would let the Skyport Transmitter SPEED work wirelessly with my GH2, I placed the Speed into the hot shoe PC adaptor and used the Elinchrom PC included cable to connect the Speed to the hotshoe’s PC port. I then placed the entire assembly on my GH2 and it still would NOT wirelessly fire the lights (the test button on the EL-Skyport SPEED trigger sets off the lights just fine BTW). I then proceeded to take the hot shoe to PC adaptor and connected EL-Skysport SPEED transmitter assembly and I then placed it on the several canon cameras and a few Nikon cameras and panasonic cameras that I had previously successfully triggered the lights with (with just the EL-Skysport SPEED Transmitter speed alone) all of these cameras successfully fired the lights just fine.
I also went to a friend’s local Photo studio and used my GH2 with his Bowen light setup that were all wirelessly controlled by a Kenro wireless trigger and receiver system – the gh2 worked perfectly when I placed the Kenro hot shoe trigger on the GH2’s hot shoe.
HOWEVER If I use the hot shoe to PC adaptor on my camera and connect the long (20-25 foot) PC (cable which came with the kit) to the remote port on the back of one of the D-lite RX lights it WILL fire the lights just fine when I press on the GH2’s shutter button.
So to summarize.
My hot shoe to PC port adaptor (which I borrowed) seems to work (verified by hard wiring it directly to the D-lite RX remote port.
The EL-Skyport Transmitter SPEED works wirelessly with Canon, Nikon panasonic and Fujifilm cameras. (Just not my 2 GH2's)
I cannot seem to get the Skyport to work with my Panasonic GH2 cameras (I have 2 btw). Whether it’s in “normal” or “speed sync” mode. – the hot shoe fitting is fine I>E> correctly seated (when I connect the transmitter speed to the hot shoe the camera indicated that a flash unit is attached (I.E. it sets max shutter to 1/160 sec –which is the default for the gh2 when used with standard non ttl flash units not equipped with a High speed Sync function)
I know the set works if I hard wire one of the D-lite RX lights to the PC port hotshoe adaptor BUT I DO NOT want to have to use the cable (for safety, & convenience reasons). And I also do not what to have to rely on firing my GH”’s built in flash and utilizing Flash sensor on the back of both D-Lite RX units.
Has anyone on the forum who has a hacked GH2 ever successfully used the elinchrom D-lite rx 2 or 4 with the skyspeed transmitter -
MORE important,y the supplier seems to think that because the gh2 has been hacked - using Flow Motion v2.02 firmware from the amazing I-Powell, - that this is the cause of the problem. any ideas from I Powell as to weather the hack could be causing the problem? - BTW i have already tried reloading the original panasonic firmware and verified that in "movie mode" I had no access to ISO serrings above 3200 ISO. - BUT this still would not remote fire the lights though the EL-Skypoty Speed unit.
I hope that some of the forum members may be able to shed a bit of light and may be able to provide me with a possible solution so that I may get my GH2 cameras to work wirelessly (out of the box) as it should.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest Regards
Toolman
