Phottix Stratos 2 for canon fires fl600r on EM-1

[brian1208]

I've been looking for a suitable radio flash trigger to use with the EM-1 and fl600R and finally went for the Phottix Strato II 5-in-1 Wireless Trigger - Canon .

I've had the chance to do some brief experimentation with the camera set in manual exposure mode and with the flash in A mode and M mode

The good news is that it works and that I am able to get flash sync up to 1/400th sec, above that "shutter black out" becomes apparent from the top of the image.

It also works fine without line of sight (with the camera hidden behind a brick wall in this case and also firing from behind me) as it should

The down-sides?

- EXIF reports that the flash has not fired
- no ttl with the remote flash (which I knew and was fine by me as I prefer to work in manual mode anyway)

on the positive side:

- its seems pretty well made with metal hot-shoes
- uses AAA batteries
- has a pass through hot shoe (supposed to give ttl control of the flash, reportedly with the fl600R but I have yet to confirm that)
- comes with a load of cables to work studio flash heads (yet to check with mine)
- is reasonably cheap, (£99 from WEX)

I'll try to fill in the blanks later when I get a chance to do more testing

[kbouk]

Phottix Stratos 2 for canon fires fl600r on EM-1

According to the following review TTL MODE works : http://chasinglightphotography.com/blog/?p=112,
Also Amazon reviews reports same thing:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Phottix-Multi-5-in1-Canon-Set/product-reviews/B0056MPVZ6/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy =bySubmissionDateDescending#R2X2B6HD8MKRD9"]Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Phottix Multi 5-in1 Canon Set Stratos ll (Black)[/ame]

I think they are the only ones radio receivers with remote TTL function on Olympus cameras, so can you please check it some more because they are in my buying list, thank you.

[brian1208]

Re: Phottix Stratos 2 for canon fires fl600r on EM-1

It was that article that resulted me in buying the Stratos 2 system but according to the author "The Canon transmitter passes through TTL information to an Olympus flash on the camera" which I took to mean that it only provides a ttl link to the on-board flash and it can't pass ttl information to the remote flash This is my experience

I haven't yet checked whether the ttl pass-through works but when I get time I will

[kbouk]

Re: Phottix Stratos 2 for canon fires fl600r on EM-1

If I'm not wrong when TTL mode is selected the camera meters the light from TTL flash signals and adjust the power flash, in Auto mode the flash meters the light and adjust itself.

So if the transmitter is on camera's hot shoe and the flash is trigger by the receiver and the flash permits to put it in TTL mode then it must work 100%, because the camera meters the scene from flash remote TTL signals and then adjust the power of the flash with new remote signals.

I will wait when ever you find the time to check it, thanks in advance.

[brian1208]

Re: Phottix Stratos 2 for canon fires fl600r on EM-1

That's the point, when the flash is on the receiver, ttl mode is not available (from my testing / observation).

According to the paperwork and reports of others who have tested it, ttl is only available when the flash gun is mounted on the transmitter, which has a pass-though shoe