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Hi,

New sigma sd quattro owner here. My first digital camera was a sigma sd9 or 10 I do not remember properly, moved to fuji s5 and than to fuji xt10. I always liked the result I got from sigma but the camera could not cope with 2 active children.

I am digressing now, sorry. Today I received my sd quattro with the 50 art lens, very impress with the sharpness of files but I still have to master the dynamic range of this camera. First impression very positive.

Now that the kids have become teens they can keep still for few seconds so I thought I could use my strobe lights but I really can not understand how to set the menu in the camera. in the menu I see FLASH but it is not highlighted, I can not change anything in it.

Could you please help me out

Thanks

Paolo

P.S.

before buying the camera I red all the posts in this forum which I found very useful

Sorry for my English, not my first language
 
I believe you must have a flash attachment mounted on the camera before any menu items for flash are available. The SD Quattros do not have a built in flash.
 
If you're using studio strobes you will have to do one of the following:
  • Plug the sync chord into Sync. Terminal plug on the front of the camera.
  • Use a radio trigger.
  • Use a compatible flash gun on the camera to trigger your strobe(s). This will enable the flash controls on the camera.
If you are not using a compatible flash gun, you will have to do everything in Manual mode and use a flash meter.

Hope this helps.
 
Since you already have strobes, how did you use them with other cameras? It should be very similar with the Quattro.

As the other poster noted, that Flash menu is not usable until you attach a Sigma flash unit. You do not have to have one to make use of your strobes.
 
Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
Since you already have strobes, how did you use them with other cameras? It should be very similar with the Quattro.

As the other poster noted, that Flash menu is not usable until you attach a Sigma flash unit. You do not have to have one to make use of your strobes.
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For example, I own two EF-500 Sigma "strobes".

On the rare occasions that I use them, I trigger them optically from the built-in camera flash; if none such, I'll mount the Metz 20 on the camera hot-shoe.

Other methods involving TTL and sophisticated remoting are no doubt available but they hurt my brain. ;-)
 
Hi All,

Problem solved: my sync chord was faulty, replaced it with an older one that was up in the loft, and magically everything works fine now.

Thank everyone

Paolo
 
SigmaChrome said:
If you're using studio strobes you will have to do one of the following:
  • Plug the sync chord into Sync. Terminal plug on the front of the camera.
  • Use a radio trigger.
  • Use a compatible flash gun on the camera to trigger your strobe(s). This will enable the flash controls on the camera.
If you are not using a compatible flash gun, you will have to do everything in Manual mode and use a flash meter.
Click to expand...
You can take a couple of test shots instead of using a flash meter.
 
xpatUSA said:
Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
Since you already have strobes, how did you use them with other cameras? It should be very similar with the Quattro.

As the other poster noted, that Flash menu is not usable until you attach a Sigma flash unit. You do not have to have one to make use of your strobes.
Click to expand...
For example, I own two EF-500 Sigma "strobes".

On the rare occasions that I use them, I trigger them optically from the built-in camera flash; if none such, I'll mount the Metz 20 on the camera hot-shoe.

Other methods involving TTL and sophisticated remoting are no doubt available but they hurt my brain. ;-)
Click to expand...
 
D Cox said:
SigmaChrome said:
If you're using studio strobes you will have to do one of the following:
  • Plug the sync chord into Sync. Terminal plug on the front of the camera.
  • Use a radio trigger.
  • Use a compatible flash gun on the camera to trigger your strobe(s). This will enable the flash controls on the camera.
If you are not using a compatible flash gun, you will have to do everything in Manual mode and use a flash meter.
Click to expand...
You can take a couple of test shots instead of using a flash meter.
Click to expand...
I take test shots of a grey card for white balance & exposure. However the write time is so bad I always set it to small/basic/jpg only so I can quickly make lighting adjustments. But, occasionally it'll forget to switch it back.

Luckily the sharpness saves these images and I can still satisfy my clients. But it's still scary looking at the photos in post and realizing you show low resolution JPGs.
 
Meuh said:
xpatUSA said:
Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
Since you already have strobes, how did you use them with other cameras? It should be very similar with the Quattro.

As the other poster noted, that Flash menu is not usable until you attach a Sigma flash unit. You do not have to have one to make use of your strobes.
Click to expand...
For example, I own two EF-500 Sigma "strobes".

On the rare occasions that I use them, I trigger them optically from the built-in camera flash; if none such, I'll mount the Metz 20 on the camera hot-shoe.

Other methods involving TTL and sophisticated remoting are no doubt available but they hurt my brain. ;-)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
paol65 said:
Meuh said:
xpatUSA said:
Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
Since you already have strobes, how did you use them with other cameras? It should be very similar with the Quattro.

As the other poster noted, that Flash menu is not usable until you attach a Sigma flash unit. You do not have to have one to make use of your strobes.
Click to expand...
For example, I own two EF-500 Sigma "strobes".

On the rare occasions that I use them, I trigger them optically from the built-in camera flash; if none such, I'll mount the Metz 20 on the camera hot-shoe.

Other methods involving TTL and sophisticated remoting are no doubt available but they hurt my brain. ;-)

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Ted
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The cactus triggers are pretty simple to use and allow you to adjust flash power with a dial on the trigger.

They also support TTL and the ability to shoot past the sync speed.
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Thanks Meuh,

For my strobe I will use the cable and for my nikon sb600 I have order a CowboyStudio NPT 04 + Extra Receiver NPT quite cheap and hope reliable.

Paolo
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hope it works well, the cactus setup would cost much more but would give you remote power control of the nikon and even TTL :) but would require a trigger for both the camera and flash.
 
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