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Subject: [OM] Re: Winder questions
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:26:47 -0400
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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