Fuji X-T2 with Elinchrom Skyport-Plus HS (Canon Version)
Hi,
I did some tests with the X-T2 and the Elinchrom Skyport-Plus HS Transmitter, and I'm really happy that it
works perfect both in normal mode and in HSS until the shortest shutter speed of 1/8000 sec.
Well, it really doesn't look very nice with the two boxes on my small Fuji, but it's a good compromise until the point of time,
when Elinchrom probably is willing to support Fuji directly.
The Elinchrom Transmitter has the most recent official FW 1.3 and the CACTUS the last official FW 1.1.005 (2016 Oct-31).
Thanks a lot the guys of Cactus Images for their great support.
Greetings
Uwe
I did some tests with the X-T2 and the Elinchrom Skyport-Plus HS Transmitter, and I'm really happy that it
works perfect both in normal mode and in HSS until the shortest shutter speed of 1/8000 sec.
Well, it really doesn't look very nice with the two boxes on my small Fuji, but it's a good compromise until the point of time,
when Elinchrom probably is willing to support Fuji directly.
The Elinchrom Transmitter has the most recent official FW 1.3 and the CACTUS the last official FW 1.1.005 (2016 Oct-31).
Thanks a lot the guys of Cactus Images for their great support.
Greetings
Uwe
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Thanks @umeilus for sharing your findings.
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Thanks for sharing your findings. I'm in the same situation as you except that I got a Fuji X-Pro2 and I can't get it to sync higher than 1/200s. and it's driving me a little nuts.
If you would be so kind, I would love to hear more details:
- What flash setting did you use on the Cactus? Auto? Manual Flash?
- Did you enable "Force HSS"?
- On the skyport are you enabling HS or Normal? Anything else you need to set on the skyport besides the ODS of 2.6?
Thank you kindly,
Anthony
to 1.2 in order to get rid of the black 'shutter bar' in the bottom of the pictures. Everything else seems to work fine for me so far.
@twansky hope you can set up yours as well.
Keep us posted!
Brand Manager
@umeilius thank you for reporting, but could you tell me if it ispossible to control the power output of the elinchrom flash via the cactus system?
Brand Manager
Remember to follow the standard procedure for Forced HSS on Fujifilm cameras, similar to this.
Brand Manager
But no. I cannot get it to work.
When using the HS heads it will only sync properly at 1/250 shutter speed or slower.
It just keeps on giving me standard sync speed.
Is there something I'm missing?
Is there someone who could help shed some light on this for me?
TIA,
After much fail and error and writing my post about an hour ago, I tried again resetting and installing the latest firmware one last time (or so I said to myself) on the Cactus and suddenly everything is working as it should!
Hallelujah!
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