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Can't get my hot shoe to trigger a wireless flash

Started Dec 31, 2015 | Questions thread
grapher
grapher Senior Member • Posts: 1,120
Re: Can't get my hot shoe to trigger a wireless flash

exoTaylor wrote:

I have Lumix G7 and recently got a Yongnuo 560 IV and a 603CII. I have the flash in RX "M" mode and the trigger in "TX" mode. Test firing working on or off the hot shoe but nothin happens when i press my camera's shutter button. Is there something i am missing.

p.s. The Flash is set to 603 mode in the menu. I also couldn't get the flash to fire in "TRX" mode at all.

The 603CII (which is a Canon-version) needs a Canon camera to work in TRX-mode, so for any other camera set it to TX (that is what the TX/TXR-switch is for).

Try setting Your Camera to M-mode and choose sync-speed or a shutterspeed longer than sync-speed 1/160.

Make sure You are not using electronic shutter and/or silent mode (if the camera has that).

Make sure the trigger is pushed in all the way into the hot shoe.

Good luck!

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