You cannot use the Ray Flash as intended
when you also have a Pocket Wizard miniTT1 on the hotshoe. DIY fix:
- Camera on tripod
- PW miniTT1 on the camera hotshoe
- GI transmitter on the PW miniTT1 hotshoe – which now works thanks to the recent miniTT1 firmware update
- Sturdy light stand with mini-boom (fully collapsed and parallel to the ground)
- An old metal umbrella bracket attached to the mini-boom
- A new, common umbrella bracket attached to the metal umbrella bracket (this gives me lots of adjustment flexibility without relying on the mini-boom which wants to rotate due to the weight)
- GI trigger attached with a stud to the common umbrella bracket
- 580 EX II in the GI trigger hotshoe
- Ray Flash mounted upside down to the 580 EX II
A little troublesome to move around!.