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Dear friends, I used to have Nikon equipment, cameras, flashes and lenses and to trigger the flashes remotely I used PocketWizards TT-1 and TT5; it worked like a charm and to get proper readings I used the Sekonic L-358 with an added PW Transmitter installed inside the meter I could then get independent flash readings at any time. Now with my Sony cameras the PW's only work in manual mode, no TTL or HSS nor the ITTL I used to enjoy. So my following move was to purchase a set of Phottix Odin Transmitter and receiver which work well (most of the times..), but what I was raving for was to be able to trigger the flash/flashes from "a" light meter. SInce the L-358 did not have a Phottix transmitter option I sold the unit and purchased a brand new Sekonic L-478DR PX designed for Phottix as it comes with a built in Phottix transmitter that according to the manufacturer works just fine with the Odin system... For the past two days I've been trying to get the Sekonic to trigger my Sony HVL-F58AM mounted on the Phottix Odin without any luck; changing channels, flash configurations and so on, but it just does not work. I can by all means set the meter to read any flash within a certain time in seconds, and take a reading, but trigger them remotely by pressing the transmitter (as I wanted), just refuses to work. I wonder if anyone has this kind of equipment and maybe knows how to make it work, because I have run out of ideas. I could be doing something wrong, but as I said, after so many tests I should have managed... : ( Best regards, Spanish Flyer