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wendy wrote:My fireflies work fine with my 285's.
NZcaver wrote:The only issue I've found is that they can occasionally trip when changing modes on some regulated LED headlamps, like my PT Apex. Not to wander off topic, but does anyone have any comments/suggestions about that?
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:NZcaver wrote:The only issue I've found is that they can occasionally trip when changing modes on some regulated LED headlamps, like my PT Apex. Not to wander off topic, but does anyone have any comments/suggestions about that?
Your Apex or someone elses? if it's yours would cover your light with your hand whilst changing modes be a solution?
Dave Bunnell wrote:One other test you might do, to see if the hotshoe on the firefly is making proper contact with that on your strobes, is to open up the firefly and jumper across the leads that come from the hotshoe, with the vivitar powered up and attached, and see if it triggers the strobe.
I suspect you'll get a null result there, as its hard to imagine why it wouldn't trigger a 285 if the hotshoe pins are making a complete circuit.
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