Re: Simple radio flash trigger on Canon mirrorless?

On 04/06/2024 23:00, Fred wrote:

Is there any information about what vintage gear works with the new
"multifunction" hotshoe?  A friend has a Cactus V6 ii set, and says it
doesn't work with an R7, even in simple manual triggering - no TTL or
HSS.  Why would that be?
 Anyway, could I get some reports of combinations that do actually work,
and what settings are needed to make them work?
 

I have one of those cheap Godox RT16 trigger receiver things which I picked up on eBay for about £12 - it has a 3.5mm jack, so it plugs straight in to my Godox flash head, and a 1/4 inch jack adaptor, which plugs in to any of my Bowens Monolite / Bo-Lite things.
If I am using more than one strobe, I just use monocells to trigger them, although you can daisy chain the cables - or you can buy a set with a trigger and 3 receivers for about £50
The trigger sits on the shoe of my EOS 80D, but I also have a short adaptor cord so it fits my aged Mamiya RB67 and Pentx 6X7 too ..
Even though its made by Godox (or labelled Godox - I suspect it’s actually a Neewer product)), it doesn’t seem to want to communicate with the wireless triggering on the Godox flash head, and apparently I need a different trigger system which plugs in to the USB port of flash head. I am told that this is a well documented problem and there are some long threads about it on photo.net
I am not sure what you mean by "vintage gear" but .. 40 year old Monolites don’t have any remote control facilities, so the features provided by these latest smart trigger systems are never going to be used