Description

MiniTT1-Canon

With its low profile design, you can use the MiniTT1 Transmitter on camera to trigger remote E-TTL speedlites or studio flashes attached to FlexTT5 Transceivers.

Place TTL or manual flashes anywhere to illuminate the scene: Around corners, out-of-sight and in bright sunlight. The MiniTT1 is compatible with any PocketWizard radio for triggering manual flash or remote cameras.

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FULL FEATURE DESCRIPTION:

ControlTL™

PocketWizard’s firmware platform taps into the camera’s digital communications to enable an entirely new level of remote flash capability through our proven radio system.   ControlTL allows remote TTL for Canon E-TTL II systems as well as Manual Power Control.  ControlTL firmware is configurable and upgradeable for “future-proof” continuous improvement.  Find more details on ControlTL here.

Dedicated E-TTL II Triggering

Locking your MiniTTI Transmitter into the hot shoe of a Canon DSLR camera and mounting E-TTL II flashes onto FlexTT5 Transceivers gives you full autoflash exposure control with the freedom and reliability of a PocketWizard radio.  There are no special settings to make or modes to call up.  Use the camera, on-camera flash or flash commander controls for flash compensation, zone and ratio control.

Manual Power Control

Adjust the manual power settings of your remote Canon Speedlites directly from a AC3 ZoneController, 580EX or 580EX II flash mounted on your on-camera MiniTT1 or FlexTT5.  You can independently control the power output of up to three remote groups of lights (you can have as many lights in each group as you want) from full power down to the lowest setting simply with the dials of the AC3 ZoneController or the user interface on the back of the 580 EX or 580 EX II flash.   Manual Power Control also works with select studio lights when paired with PowerST4, PowerMC2, or AC9/FlexTT5.  Now you can work with total control with your remote lights, without leaving your shooting position.

Optimized HSS

High Speed Sync takes Speedlite flash photography all the way to 1/8000th of a second sync.   ControlTL optimizes this amazing Canon feature and provides more light (which equals greater working distance), faster recycling times and more flashes per battery set when shooting in Canon's HSS/FP Flash mode. Use this feature to shoot wide open in bright sun for amazing results.

HyperSync™

Our patent pending HyperSync technology allows photographers to achieve faster X-sync speeds, sometimes up to 1/8000 of a second, with full power flash.  Now you can cut the ambient light and use wide-open apertures, outdoors in bright sunlight.  HyperSync automatically adjusts the timing of your flash trigger so that faster than X-sync speeds can be achieved.  With certain Canon camera and flash combinations, you can achieve sync all the way to 1/8000th of a second.  Just imagine what you can do using flash in bright sun with wide open apertures and fast shutter speeds.  Since HyperSync is a trigger function you can use any PocketWizard Receiver including the FlexTT5, PlusX, Plus III, Plus II or MultiMAX.  HyperSync works optimally with Studio flash.  See Optimized HSS for higher than XSync speeds with Speedlights,

Please visit http://wiki.pocketwizard.com/hyperSync for configuring HyperSync.   While performance varies by the camera and flash equipment being used, HyperSync will get the maximum possible out of any set-up.

HyperSync™ Automation

HyperSync Automation adjusts HyperSync timing in two separate places – on the transmitter and on the receiving ControlTL radio. The transmitting or on-camera MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 automatically adjusts HyperSync to compensate for changes made to shutter speed. Photographers can further refine HyperSync via the PocketWizard Utility.  For more information on Configuring HyperSync Automation, visit the HyperSync section of the PocketWizard Wiki.

High Speed Sync (HSS or FP Sync) Disable Mode

Select either HSS Sync or HyperSync™ at shutter speeds at or over 1/640.  This allows you to use HyperSync and the benefit of full power flash all the way up to 1/8000 with certain flash systems.

Optimized Rear Curtain Sync

Precise rear curtain sync capability is engaged automatically, no buttons to press. Set the shutter speed at which rear curtain sync is engaged with the PocketWizard Utility. Capture natural light trails with sharp exposures at the end – no “after trails!”

Pre-Flash Boost

In some E-TTL situations, including shooting in full sun, over long distance or using diffusers or bounce flash, the normal pre-flash is simply not enough for the camera to see.  With Pre-Flash Boost, the pre-flash is two stops brighter.  This will approximately double the working distance of E-TTL II, compensating for the light loss when defusing or bouncing.

PowerTracking

When working with the PowerST4, PowerMC2 and AC9/FlexTT5 paired with compatible manual flashes, you can change any of your settings on your camera and the system adjusts for those changes.  Change your exposure compensation to adjust the exposure or make adjustments in aperture or ISO and the system balances your flash for proper exposure.

ZoneControl

Add the AC3 ZoneController on top of your MiniTT1 and gain three zones of power control right from the camera’s position. Works in both auto/E-TTL II and manual. Shut down an entire zone with the flick of a switch.

SpeedCycler with an AC3 ZoneController

Previously only seen with PocketWizard’s MultiMAX radios, this new mode is designed to rapidly cycle through multiple flash units fired individually in sequence. This allows photographers to fire a camera in sync with flashes faster than a single flash unit can recycle. It can also be used for triggering remote cameras sequentially. SpeedCycler is engaged on a transmitting MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 via the PocketWizard Utility.
SpeedCycler mode requires an AC3 ZoneController in the top hot-shoe of the on-camera PocketWizard radio. Zones A, B, and C will be triggered sequentially and individual zones can be disabled by setting the AC3’s Zone Switch to the off position. Both TTL and manual flash controls are supported. 

Flash Power Control without a Camera

Photographers can now take their AC3 and transmitting radio off-camera and use it to set power levels for any flash with a ControlTL receiver, making it more convenient to use an optically triggered light meter, or control the power levels with just a MiniTT1/FlexTT5 and AC3 in their hand while another photographer takes the pictures.  Previously, an AC3 ZoneController on a MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 needed to be on camera to send manual power levels to remote flashes. Now, when connected to a MiniTT1 or FlexTT5, manual power levels are transmitted to remote flashes when the TEST button is pressed even when the transmitter is off the camera. This affects both speedlights connected to receiving FlexTT5s and larger flashes like AlienBees and Elinchrom RX units with ControlTL receivers. 

Continuous Fast FPS

Radios work a lot fast then infrared communications allowing you to shoot with remote flash in E-TTL as speeds close to your maximum frames per second.  Never before have you been able to shoot remote E-TTL non-stop in continuous high-speed mode. Fill the buffer! Nothing else comes close. 

Built-in Hot Shoe

Lock your Canon flash into the FlexTT5’s dedicated hot shoe and combine your remote flash with on-camera flash or use the on-camera flash for additional E-TTL II or Manual Power Control only.  The metal and glass reinforced resin hot shoe assembly is a superstructure onto itself and incredibly durable.  The best part; no more cords. 

Basic Trigger Mode

Allows the MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 to work as a transmitter on ANY camera it will fit.  Anyone looking for the small form factor of the MiniTT1 can use it on other DSLR’s, SLR’s or even medium format cameras with standard hot shoes. The MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 are completely reverse compatible with all previous PocketWizards so they will work with whatever PocketWizards you already own.

PocketWizard Compatible

The MiniTT1 operates on the same channels as all other PocketWizards and will work with any unit you may already have.

PocketWizard Utility - Programmable and Upgradeable

Use the supplied PocketWizard Utility software with the on-board USB port to program the MiniTT1 to any PocketWizard channel and zone as well as many other custom settings.  The MiniTT1 can be upgraded whenever updates and feature enhancements are available (many planned!).

Channels / Learn Mode

The MiniTT1 has two channel configuration settings; C1 and C2. Each can be programmed as needed with up to 20 ControlTL channels* for TTL photography or Manual Power Control, or 32 standard channels** for manual flash photography.   Channels can be configured with the PocketWizard utility or use the Learn function to quickly program channels, or the reset function to configure back to factory settings.
* - 20 ControlTL channels for FCC/IC 344 MHz radios and three ControlTL channels for CE 433 MHz radios.
** - 32 Standard channels for FCC/IC 344 MHz radios and 35 Standard channels for CE 433 MHz radios.

Automatic HSS Trigger Timing for Manual Flash

This allows you to mix a manual flash with an E-TTL II flash in HSS/FP Sync shots at 1/640 and above with certain flash systems.

Auto Trigger Select for ControlTL

The hot shoe on both the MiniTT1 and Flex TT5 will trigger just about any hot shoe flash placed into it in addition to the Canon Speedlite’s it is designed for.  Yes, you can now fire just about any hot shoe flash including Vivatar, Nikon, etc., in  manual mode only and not TTL mode. (max trigger voltage < 50V, use P2 port for up to 200V) 

Low-Profile Design

The MiniTT1 Transmitter is the smallest PocketWizard ever, utilizing an internal antenna and common coin-cell battery.  At just 2.3oz (65 grams) you barely realize it’s on the camera. 

Power Saver

The MiniTT1 Transmitter will go to sleep 10 seconds after your camera does to conserve energy.  Just touch the shutter button half way to wake both the camera and the MiniTT1.  It works on the supplied CR2450 coin cell battery (or optional CR2354 for in the field options) that provide hundreds of hours of battery life.