User manual POCKETWIZARD TIME MACHINE

[. . . ] When you reach 9. 999 seconds the decimal place will shift to the right 1 place so times can be set up to 99. 99 seconds DELAYED PULSED OUTPUT: Connect this output to a strobe, camera, or PocketWizard transmitter. This output fires AFTER the specified delay in DELAY mode, or in MULTIPLE mode will fire more than once. IMMEDIATE SUSTAINED OUTPUT: Connect this output to a Camera Motor Drive, PocketWizard Transmitter or another Time Machine. This output fires IMMEDIATELY after the Time Machine is fired. [. . . ] 0. 500 s. Rear Curtain Sync Time 0. 023 s. 7. 980 s. Setup for Rear Curtain Sync: The times provided in the table below (and on the back of the Time Machine) are only suggested starting times. Since every camera shutter is different, and focal plane and leaf shutters will be different, some testing may be required to find the optimum setting. It is possible to have the strobe fire at any time during the exposure using a Time Machine. However if you want the strobe to fire at the last possible moment to eliminate any motion effect forward of the moving object, you will probably want to test these times. A simple way to test these times is to pick a shutter speed and shoot several frames of film changing time settings for each exposure. For instance if you want to use 1/2 second set the Time Machine for . 45 sec and shoot one frame. Shoot one additional frame for each of the following times: . 46, . 47, . 48, . 485, . 488, . 49, . 492. Somewhere in this sequence you will see a frame that has been partially cut off. You want to use time from the frame before it. Because the Time Machine is accurate to . 001 sec you may want to fine tune these times with an additional test. 7. 980 s. DELAY and MULTIPLE using POCKETWIZARD RADIO SLAVES connect the camera sync out to Time Machine SYNC IN. Connect the DELAYED output to the SYNC IN on the PocketWizard Transmitter. Connect the PocketWizard Receiver to the strobe with the appropriate strobe cable. Set the transmitter and receiver ID#s to the same number. Use multiple receivers to trigger multiple strobes. DELAY AND MULTIPOP USING POCKETWIZARD RADIOS AND ONE STROBE USING MULTIPLE TIME MACHINES Multiple Time Machines can be used as shown to provide delays on several strobes or make a sequence of triggers from strobe to strobe. Connect the sync in to the first Time Machine. Connect the TO STROBE output to a strobe. Connect the TO MOTORDRIVE output to the SYNC IN on the next Time Machine. When the system fires each Time Machine will immediately trigger the next Time Machine, then fire it's own strobe based on the delay setting. If the delays are the same, all the strobes will fire with the same delay. If each successive Time Machine has a longer delay, the strobes will fire in a sequence. USING MULTIPLE TIME MACHINES (CONTINUED) Multiple pops of different quantities are also possible with multiple Time Machines. Connect the system as shown on the previous page. [. . . ] This device actually will fire the digital camera automatically when the strobe fires. Next you need an NM3-P cord from PocketWizard. This is a standard Nikon motorcord with a pretrigger circiut added. This feature keeps the camera "awake" during the shoot. [. . . ]