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April 2, 2009

Remote manual power control of Canon Speedlites - just one of many new features.

South Burlington, VT – In addition to the previously announced new features and updates to the ControlTL firmware, PocketWizard has added a new feature and this one’s a biggie.  Now you can adjust the manual power settings of your remote Canon Speedlites directly from a 580EXII flash mounted on your on-camera MiniTT1™ or FlexTT5™.   

Working with a Canon 580EXII in the shoe of the MiniTT1 or FlexTT5, you can independently control the power output of up to three groups of lights (you can have as many lights in each group as you want) from full power down to the lowest setting simply through the user interface on the back of the 580EXII.   Now you can work with total control with your remote lights, without leaving your shooting position.

Another new feature is Basic Trigger Mode.  When enabled, it allows the MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 to work as a transmitter on ANY camera it will fit.  Now those looking for the new small form factor of the MiniTT1 can use it on other DSLR’s, SLR’s or even medium format cameras with standard hot shoes. The MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 are completely reverse compatible with all previous PocketWizards so they will work with whatever PocketWizards already owned.

These two features join several others that were pre-announced in March.  Other new features are:

-    High Speed Sync (HSS or FP Sync) Disable Mode.  Now you can select
     either HSS Sync or HyperSync™ at shutter speeds  at or over 1/640.
     This allows you to use HyperSync and the benefit of full power flash all
     the way up to 1/8000 with certain flash systems.

-    Remote flash compatibility for the Canon 550EX, 420EX and 220EX on
     the FlexTT5.

-    Automatic HSS Trigger Timing for Manual Flash.  This allows you to
     mix a manual flash with an E-TTL II flash in HSS/FP Sync shots at
     1/640 and above with certain flash systems.

-    Auto Trigger Select for ControlTL.  The hot shoe on both the MiniTT1
     and Flex TT5 will now trigger just about any hot shoe flash placed into
     it in addition to the Canon Speedlite’s it is designed for.  Yes, you can
     now fire just about any hot shoe flash including Vivatar, Nikon, etc., in
     manual mode (max trigger voltage < 50V, use P2 port for up to
     200V)

-    Continuous Remote Camera Triggering (FlexTT5 only).  This allows
     for triggering a continuous motor drive burst of a camera connected to
     the P1 port on a remote FlexTT5.

-    Transmitter Only Mode (FlexTT5 only).  This prevents triggering of a
     flash mounted on a FlexTT5 used as a transmitter by other
     photographers in the area using PocketWizard radios

* Please read the Release Notes (Manual Addendum) for details concerning these new features.

In addition, bugs in the first release of the firmware were corrected including:
-    430EX full operation.  
-    580EX (both I & II) full compatibility with custom functions.
-    Shutter speed limiting has been corrected.
-    Auto-relay mode working properly.
-    FlexTT5 P2 port triggering working properly.
-    FlexTT5 test button trigger time delay corrected.

These new features have been incorporated into all MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 PocketWizards currently being shipped.  The PocketWizard Utility has also been upgraded and current owners of a MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceiver should visit www.pocketwizard.com/support/downloads/ to download both the new utility (v1.18) and the new firmware (v4.10).

NOTE: On April 28th, PocketWizard announced another Firmware Upgrade which features amazing energy savings for faster recycling, more shots per battery while enabling greater working distances.  Any current PocketWizard MiniTT1 Transmitter or FlexTT5 Transceiver owners should visit www.PocketWizard.com/support/downloads/ to download the new firmware (v4.250).  There was no change in the Utility.

PocketWizard products are made by LPA Design, based in South Burlington, Vermont and sold by distributors around the world including the MAC Group in the USA.  

For more information: info@pocketwizard.com.