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Find the error in this setup?

Started Nov 26, 2011 | Discussions thread
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john_bmth101 Regular Member • Posts: 115
Find the error in this setup?

I have a 400D and have just bought a set of Strato II wireless flash triggers

http://www.phottix.com/en/studio-accessories/phottix-strato-ii-multi-5-in-1-wireless-flash-trigger.html

The triggers fire manual flashes wirelessly plus one flash on top of the transmitter giving it ETTL passthrough.

So here is the conundrum:

As a baseline all my flashes fire directly in my 400D hotshoe Canon 430ExII and Yongnuo 460II

SETUP 1:

400D with strato II transmitter ontop (locking wheel tight and secure) firing two strato II receivers with Yongnuo 460II flashes
RESULT:
remotes fire

SETUP 2:
same as setup 1 with a 430exII ontop of the transmitter
RESULT:

430exII gets ETTL distance info from lens (i.e change lens zoom flash head zooms)
but nothing fires (the locking wheel is secure and tight)

SETUP 3:

same as setup 2 pushing the front of the strato II transmitter down to increase the contact for the firing pin on the shoe.
RESULT:
All flashes fire, everything fine.

So i thought it must be the wireless transmitter has a dodgy connection. However my Canon G9 works with all combinations without a hitch. Any ideas? Is it my 400D or the Strato II transmitter.

Canon EOS 400D (EOS Digital Rebel XTi / EOS Kiss Digital X) Canon PowerShot G9
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