Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

I have a Canon Xti, a speedlite 430ex and a microsync remote. I ordered the adaptor from alien bees so that I could plug it up to the receiver. Radio shack did not have the converter cable I wanted. The cable system I have is 1/4 male to 1/4 female and then a small 1/8 converter.

I have everything plugged up and followed the instructions via Microsync for trouble shooting. The dang thing still won't work. The test flash will fire. I am wondering if it could possibly be this crazy cord conversion. How do you see what 'channel' your camera is set on? Thanks for any and all advice.

The adapters very well could be at fault. Also, the camera itself should not need to hae a channel, rather a transmitter would have the channel or frequency. This would go into the hotshoe. I am not familiar with the MicroSync system well enough to trouble shoot. Also, make sure the flash is in M-mode and not in slave mode.

TS

Thanks again for the help. The speedlite is in manual and I figured out the channel thing. I can't understand why the test shot will fire but the camera won't fire it. Perhaps I should call micro sync today.