Can a Sekonic L-758DR-U adjust Nikon SB-910 flash power via PocketWizard with a Fuji X-T1?
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I’m using a Fuji X-T1, two PocketWizard Plus IV transceivers, a Nikon SB-910 set to manual, and a Sekonic L-758DR-U meter with PocketWizard support. I’m trying to find out whether adding a PocketWizard MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 for Nikon would let me change the SB-910’s power from the Sekonic meter. PocketWizard and Sekonic documentation mention group control and compatibility with TTL units, but it’s unclear whether the L-758DR-U can actually perform remote power control in this setup, especially with a Fuji camera body.
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There is no power control from a Sekonic L-758DR meter (there is from the much newer 478 models). There is group control for triggering, but that's it. Whether you have the TTL units or the PlusIVs probably doesn't make any difference, since the Plus IVs also understand the PW group control signaling.
In addition, the main reason to get the TTL PW units all don't matter with a Fuji camera body. You won't have TTL. You won't have HSS. You'd only have remote power/group control--if you can use them on a non-Nikon hotshoe (I think you can; not 100% sure, so I'd check). Overall, in my opinion, it's a waste of $400+ dollars to get the flex/mini combo just to have group control from your meter.
You can control the power of the flash from the on-camera TTL radio transmitter. But there are a lot of just-as-reliable, much cheaper, fuller-featured triggers using 2.4 GHz that are roughly a quarter of the price of the PW TTL units (e.g., Godox X1). And you can still trigger your lights for readings with the meter if you simply cable an additional transmitter to your meter, or use the test button on an in-hand transmitter. Again, paying a premium to simply have built-in triggering/group control may not be worth it to you. Maybe it will. Just remember that trigger expenses multiple along with the number of lights you use.
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No. Based on the answers provided, the Sekonic L-758DR-U can use PocketWizard radio for triggering and group control, but not for changing flash power. That remote power-control feature is associated with newer Sekonic 478-series meters, not the L-758DR-U.
So even if you add Nikon PocketWizard TTL units like the MiniTT1 or FlexTT5, the meter still won’t adjust the SB-910’s output power. With your Fuji X-T1, the main TTL-specific benefits of those PocketWizard units also won’t apply in the usual Nikon TTL/HSS sense, so buying them just for this purpose is unlikely to help.
Your Plus IV units should still be useful for firing the flash and using PocketWizard group triggering, but flash power would need to be changed on the flash itself or via a compatible on-camera PocketWizard TTL transmitter setup—not from the L-758DR-U meter.
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