V62 working with legacy flashes ??
Hi,
I have three V62's and four V61's. With the V61's I used to use a canon 580EX that I still can use on a V62(RX). Next I have a Canon 540EZ, a Nikon SB28 (no DX) and a SB80DX. The last three I can no longer use on a V62(RX) while they use analog TTL I read on your website.
1. Altough I thougt that the suffix DX on the SB80DX means digital TTL. That's my first question: am I right or wrong?
2. When I search through the settings of one of my V62's, I find under Camera Profile three profiles with a label starting with "user:" followed by 540EZ (in the Canon brand) and by SB80DX and SB28 (in the Nikon brand choises. I don't think I ever did an input in the V62 for those profiles. Don't even know how to do such a thing. But they are there. I did connect those three flashes to this V62 once or more. Are those profiles been added like that?
3. What is the meaning of those profiles being there as a choice while they are not compatible: no possibilitiy to control the power or zoom from another V62(TX) even in manual mode. I'm confused about that. In manual mode I use a V62 on camera, to trigger one or more V61's with those flashes on (no TTL or HSS). But it would be nicer to use them on V62's if possible (maybe with HSS and/or TTL) .
I have three V62's and four V61's. With the V61's I used to use a canon 580EX that I still can use on a V62(RX). Next I have a Canon 540EZ, a Nikon SB28 (no DX) and a SB80DX. The last three I can no longer use on a V62(RX) while they use analog TTL I read on your website.
1. Altough I thougt that the suffix DX on the SB80DX means digital TTL. That's my first question: am I right or wrong?
2. When I search through the settings of one of my V62's, I find under Camera Profile three profiles with a label starting with "user:" followed by 540EZ (in the Canon brand) and by SB80DX and SB28 (in the Nikon brand choises. I don't think I ever did an input in the V62 for those profiles. Don't even know how to do such a thing. But they are there. I did connect those three flashes to this V62 once or more. Are those profiles been added like that?
3. What is the meaning of those profiles being there as a choice while they are not compatible: no possibilitiy to control the power or zoom from another V62(TX) even in manual mode. I'm confused about that. In manual mode I use a V62 on camera, to trigger one or more V61's with those flashes on (no TTL or HSS). But it would be nicer to use them on V62's if possible (maybe with HSS and/or TTL) .
Comments
Compatible flash models:
https://www.cactus-image.com/v6.html
Canon system models:
- Cactus AF45C, AF50C;
- Canon 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EXII, 430EZ, 540EZ, 580EX, 580EXII, 600EX-RT;
- Godox V860C;
- Metz 36AF-5, 44AF-1, 50AF-1, 52AF-1, 58AF-1, 58AF-2;
- Nissin Di866 MARK II, MG8000;
- Phottix Mitros, Mitros Plus;
- Sigma EF-500 DG SUPER;
- Yongnuo YN568EX II;
Nikon system models:
- Cactus AF45N, AF50N;
- Godox V860N;
- Metz 36AF-5, 44AF-1, 50AF-1, 58AF-2;
- Nikon SB-24, SB-28, SB-600, SB-700, SB-800, SB-900, SB-910;
- Nissin Di700;
- Sigma EF-530 DG SUPER;
Pentax system models:
- Cactus AF45P, AF50P;
- Metz 36AF-5, 44AF-1, 50AF-1, 58AF-2;
- Pentax AF 360FGZ, AF 540FGZ;
Olympus system models:
- Metz 44AF-1, 52AF-1, 58AF-2;
- Olympus FL-36R, FL-50R;
Panasonic system models:
- Panasonic FL360, FL500;
For the Cactus V6 II, you can actually ignore the flash profile list (if you already bought the V6 II and found a TTL flash laying around in your basement). Just mount the flash on the V6 II, set the flash to TTL mode, and then switch V6 II to RX mode. If it works, it works.
Brand Manager
Analogue TTL (legacy, as you put it) flash models are NOT compatible on the V6 II. Only the V6 (MK1) is compatible with these flashes.
And if you see a particular flash model listed in the compatibility list on V6 II's website or in menu of V6 II (the flash profiles), it means they runs on digital TTL protocol.
Thanks!
Brand Manager