Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

Thought I would test out my Canon G12 with the Cyber Commander for an alternative way of shooting the AB800's. No joy . It will fire a Canon 580EX II without any problem but does not seem to trigger my strobes. I have tried both the Cyber Commander as well as the Transmitter. Anyone else try this? What have been your results?

FWIW, folks in the flickr strobist forum have used the CST w/ the Canon Gxx cameras and reported high sync speeds...not sure what the issue is w/ yours though...

Maybe my settings are wrong for shooting with the camera body. I set it to the same as my Canon 7D - ISO 100, Manual, F 8.0, 1/250

While a G9 will be very similar, it does not mean the same as a G11 or G12. I am not saying this is or is not the case, but...

I presume this means the CC worked fine on a different body? Try pressing down on the CC while trying to take a photo. This will force the foot down incase it is not making contact.

Also, turn live view off and use the viewfinder to see if this makes a difference. It can on Canon DSLR's. Also try toggling the flash mode to/from manual and auto.

I have used the Cyber Commander successfuly with the Canon 7D and 50D with the light setup the same way. I'll give your suggestion a try to see if it is a contact problem.

Turning off the display seemed to have done the trick. Thank you for your help.

There may be a menu option to allow LCD screen to be used.

technical support nailed it.

i've had the g12 and used the cybercommander with it and ran into the same hiccup: live view settings in the menu disable firing a flash at the same time. In the canon 5d2 and 50d you have to turn off silent shoot in the menu so that the flash will fire normally.

also: make sure you are not in continuous mode shooting as this will disable your hotshoe when using a canon point and shoot with an external hot shoe.