The fact that your at the end of the roll should not cause the flash to
misfire. Something else is at play here.
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Jay Drew wrote:
>>>I was doing some macro work with a winder 2 and a T28 that had the control
>>>head
>>>off camera via a TTL and T20 connector. I had a flash mis-fire or two due
>>>to
>>>the TTL cable not being fully seated in the camera. A number of shots
>>>later as
>>>I was shooting, no flash again. The cable seemed to be firmly seated. It
>>>then
>>>dawned on me that I had tried to shoot a couple of shots at the end of the
>>>roll.
>>>Does the camera (a 4T) and a Winder 2 figure out it's at the end of the
>>>roll and
>>>prevent the flash from firing?
>>>
>>
>>Can't help you with this question, however, I'm wondering why you were
>>shooting with the control head off camera in the first place? Just curious.
>
>
> Well, if it's weird, I will try it. And more the better if I can kludge it
> cheaply.
>
> Actually the story is in two parts. 1st, there is about a half inch between
> the
> reversed cine lens (a 13 mm Wittnauer) and the subject, so I have to bring the
> lighting it from the side, at a very shallow angle. I have a small ball head
> mounted to a piece of wood. I put the T20 TTL connector on the ball head and
> put the T1 control head on that. The dual T28 (and I assume the single T28 as
> well) has a mounting shoe on the section where the two cords are joined to the
> control head. I mount one of the flashes on that, and between the ball head
> and
> the tilting capability of the T28, I am able to get the position I want.
>
> The second reason to bring the control head off the camera is weight. I have
> this mounted on a copy stand and I am shooting down vertically. This means
> the
> camera, extension tube and lens are pulling down on the focusing rail. It's
> the
> adorama style focusing rail and it holds up quite well with all of this, but
> the
> control head could be remote for weight purpose and needed to be remote if I
> were to use the shoe mount portion. So I hope the curious amongst you can
> rest.
>
> Jay - Kludge master to the house I live in.
>
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