{"id":2440,"date":"2013-06-10T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2013-06-10T11:15:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T11:15:59","slug":"pixel-king-for-sony-part-2-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?p=2440","title":{"rendered":"Pixel King for Sony Part 2 &#8220;The Basics&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out of the box the <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-for-sony.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel King triggers <\/a>come with all the necessary accessories to get started<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2444\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?attachment_id=2444\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?fit=800%2C600\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1351615649&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10_31_2012 11_59_17 PM3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?fit=600%2C450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2444\" alt=\"10_31_2012 11_59_17 PM3\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 trigger and 1reciever what you need to get started with basic TTL trigger<\/li>\n<li>1 usb cable (for firmwear updates)<\/li>\n<li>2 pc cables (BL-1\/2 and BL-3.5) for connecting to various non TTl equipment<\/li>\n<li>1 foot of the receiver so you can placed your flash where you want.<\/li>\n<li>and a nice little bag to keep it all in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember I&#8217;m talking specifically about the Pixel kings for Sony. But other then firmware and hotshot the information is general and can also be applied to the <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-for-nikon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-canon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canon<\/a> units as well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first thing you need to know about the Pixel King triggers is that you will need the correct firmware for you camera. As far as I can tell the only firm wear that supports A55, A65, A77 ,NEX-7 is 1.03 so please don&#8217;t upgrade to 1.04 if you want to use them with one of these camera. But a new firmware is in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2441\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?attachment_id=2441\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"441363869_256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?fit=600%2C600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2441\" alt=\"441363869_256\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?resize=535%2C535\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/441363869_256.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The major features with the Pixel King triggers are<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Support for Sony TTL<\/li>\n<li>Up to 3 difference group and 7 combination on the flash transceiver.<\/li>\n<li>Support all the shutter speed, sync speed up to 1\/8000s<\/li>\n<li>Multi control of system flashes or studio lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This product timing doesn&#8217;t come with out a little bit of irony. Starting with the NEX 6, Alpha 99 and\u00a0HX50 Sony have changed the camera hot -shoe to an ISO style hot-shot. As a long time Sony \/Minolta\/ Konica Minolta user I got used to the\u00a0 hotshoe a long time ago and have a collected variety of different adaptors for this shoe. Now I have a great product that is basically out dated and will need to be used with an adapter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2448\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?attachment_id=2448\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?fit=938%2C798\" data-orig-size=\"938,798\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"613nduWJPPL._AA1500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?fit=300%2C255\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?fit=600%2C510\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2448\" alt=\"613nduWJPPL._AA1500_\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?resize=600%2C510\" width=\"600\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?w=938 938w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/613nduWJPPL._AA1500_.jpg?resize=300%2C255 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Model # ADP-MAA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that the TTL protocol is the same as all the Sony flashes are supported with the new cameras. The TTL protocol my change with time to support new or better functions but that&#8217;s why the triggers having a USB port to upgrade the firmware is a great advantage.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0The Basics<\/h1>\n<p>Sony \/ Minolta have had a long history of wireless flash support, but the main issues are you need to ether use your pop up flash or only of the system flashes that can be used to trigger the wireless system. This system has been around for a very long time and relies on line of sight between the control flash and the rest of the flashes involved. Minolta did have an IR wireless TTL trigger that supported this system but the last camera to support its use was the Dynax 7 film camera, and it also relied on line of sight. The first major advantage of radio wireless triggers is that I no longer need a direct line of sight to my flash, it can be positioned behind walls, doors or inside a softbox.<\/p>\n<p>Pixel HK claim a range of up to 100m between the sender and the receiver, and this is something I will like to test in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Click on the link below for the user handbook (PDF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/King-For-Sony-Product-Manual.pdf\">King For Sony Product Manual<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the first things I noticed was that there is a hot-shoe on top of the trigger unit so I can have on cameras flash as well as triggering other flashes via the wireless signal. Personally I&#8217;m not a big fan of on camera flash but if you tilt the head of the flash unit attached to your camera and bounce it off the roof or wall then it makes a great fill light. Then use a second flash as your key light (maybe with an umbrella or soft-box) triggered via the receiver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2469\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?attachment_id=2469\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?fit=435%2C433\" data-orig-size=\"435,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"diagram_medium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?fit=300%2C298\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?fit=435%2C433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2469\" alt=\"diagram_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?resize=435%2C433\" width=\"435\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?w=435 435w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_medium4.png?resize=300%2C298 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course you don&#8217;t have to use a flash on the trigger at all but it dose open extra options when lighting your subject. And I also can start off right from the start with 2 flash units with out the extra expense of a second receiver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of the box the <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-for-sony.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel King triggers <\/a>come with all the necessary accessories to get started<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2444\" alt=\"10_31_2012 11_59_17 PM3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_31_2012-11_59_17-PM3.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 trigger and 1reciever what you need to get started with basic TTL trigger<\/li>\n<li>1 usb cable (for firmwear updates)<\/li>\n<li>2 pc cables (BL-1\/2 and BL-3.5) for connecting to various non TTl equipment<\/li>\n<li>1 foot of the receiver so you can placed your flash where you want.<\/li>\n<li>and a nice little bag to keep it all in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember I&#8217;m talking specifically about the Pixel kings for Sony. But other then firmware and hotshot the information is general and can also be applied to the <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-for-nikon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/foto-tip.pl\/en\/pixel-king-set-canon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canon<\/a> units as well.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/?p=2440\" title=\"<span aria-label=\"Continue reading Pixel King for Sony Part 2 &#8220;The Basics&#8221;\">(more&hellip;) &laquo;Pixel King for Sony Part 2 &#8220;The Basics&#8221;&raquo;&#8221; class=&#8221;more-link&#8221;><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Pixel King for Sony Part 2 &#8220;The Basics&#8221;\">(more&hellip;)<\/span> &laquo;Pixel King for Sony Part 2 &#8220;The Basics&#8221;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[132,1],"tags":[1036,1035,1038,1453,219,1028,1030,1034,1033,1032,1031,410,1037,129,1027,1455,1464,1452,1029,470],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RSHE-Dm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottlewisphotography.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}