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Published: 2009-05-28 16:55:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1605; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 0
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One of the last images that I've taken with my MT-24EX -one of the flash heads no longer fires. Considering that I dropped the flash two years ago I can't be too disappointed.Update: I took the batteries out of the controller for an hour hoping that there was a logic problem with the flash and I might be able to get it to reset. As of this writing both heads are working...
Tech specs: Canon 40D (F10, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens (@4x) + a diffused MT-24EX macro twin flash (-1 FEC).
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Amazing details and colors! I'l glad you flash come back to life
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It died a day later. I used the mount off of the dead flash to hack my 270 EX so I can use it on the MT-24EX's flash mount -hope to test it in the field tomorrow.
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Welcome.
You made a frankenstein!
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Nice colours- so shiny and slick, too!
Sorry to hear about your flashes. It is hard to so goodbye to such an old friend...
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Yup, but it's forcing me to try some new things...
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Definately- the more limited the equipment, the more one is forced to be creative.
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lucky..if it was broke my guess would be sending it away to get fixed and be using the mr-14ex for now?
u exposed that well..i find them really hard to shoot..good shot.
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It finally did die. I'm fairly certain that it's the controller, and it would probably cost me close to the price of a new one to get it fixed. I'm currently exploring another option -I've hacked a 270EX so I can connect it to the MT-24EX's flash mount. I hop to filed test it tomorrow.
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i dont get it?so u going to have the mt-24ex set up firing another flash..so you have the heads still on which wont fire?sounds silly to me?am am i missing somthing hear?why not use mr-14ex?
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Yup -definitely missed it...
I took the dead MT-24EX flash head apart, removed the bottom plastic piece that has the tilt / swivel mount on it, and used gaffers tape to connect it to the bottom of a 270EX. So now I can clip the 270EX into the MT-24EX's flash mount and with a remote cord get it out on the end of my MPE-65mm. What's left of the MT-24Ex is sitting in my junk hardware closet. After I have a chance to field test it I'll post images of what I've rigged up. The tests I did this afternoon at my kitchen table looked very promising, but I need to see how it's going to perform shooting an actual critter.
I'm not advising ANYONE to take apart their MT-24EX -my only reason for doing this hack is because I don;t want to spend over $600 USD for a new macro flash. I don't see any sense in having it fixed -would be almost as much as a new one. Plus I've wanted to mount a single small light source out on the end of my MPE-65mm for quite a while now -it's a proof of concept thing...
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an artist with the most creative mind could not do something like this shot !!
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