Off shoe cord help...
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Pocket Wizard Plus II Transceivers. You'll need one for the camera, and one for the flash. If your 580 is the latest & greatest, the PW should plug in (so I'm told). If not, you'll need one of these.. http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/hotshoe.shtml
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Originally Posted by F1-Fanatic,Jul 31 2007, 10:22 AM
We're a pretty tall people...
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Hmmm...im confused as hell...
The IIs on pocketwizards official site show 2 units, a sender and a reciever. On BH, it comes only with 1 unit, that is both. WTF?
The IIs on pocketwizards official site show 2 units, a sender and a reciever. On BH, it comes only with 1 unit, that is both. WTF?
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Dave,
If you're going to get into remote strobing start off with a 580/550ex and then pick up a 430ex. The 5XXex will fire the 430ex as a slave. You're going to need a second flash anyway (getting into this genre), so why not go that route to start. If you find off-shoe flash strobing to be something you like, then go with the PW's, AB's, or more Canon Speedlights. I've had great results using my 550ex and 430ex. My next step will be to add another 430ex. I don't see myself needing more than that, but that's me.
If you're going to get into remote strobing start off with a 580/550ex and then pick up a 430ex. The 5XXex will fire the 430ex as a slave. You're going to need a second flash anyway (getting into this genre), so why not go that route to start. If you find off-shoe flash strobing to be something you like, then go with the PW's, AB's, or more Canon Speedlights. I've had great results using my 550ex and 430ex. My next step will be to add another 430ex. I don't see myself needing more than that, but that's me.
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Cheap remote trigger here.. Got mine, replaced the CR2 battery in this thing and though it's not perfect (misfires occasionally), it's still good enough for my amateur ass
http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?...740&cat=0&page=
edit, looks like the site is down!
http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?...740&cat=0&page=
edit, looks like the site is down!
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Jul 31 2007, 11:43 AM
Hmmm...im confused as hell...
The IIs on pocketwizards official site show 2 units, a sender and a reciever. On BH, it comes only with 1 unit, that is both. WTF?
The IIs on pocketwizards official site show 2 units, a sender and a reciever. On BH, it comes only with 1 unit, that is both. WTF?
I think maybe a older version was transmitter or receiver specific, but the Plus II is both in one unit.
Hope that helps.
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i was going to suggest an speedlight transmitter like this one
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller...IC=CASTE2&Q=&O=
but they already cost 200 bucks. might as well spend the extra dough to get a PW or the 430ex.
How do you plan to use the off-camera flash? Alex's idea of using an 430ex is good but that's assuming that you want one source of light directly in front of your subject.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller...IC=CASTE2&Q=&O=
but they already cost 200 bucks. might as well spend the extra dough to get a PW or the 430ex.
How do you plan to use the off-camera flash? Alex's idea of using an 430ex is good but that's assuming that you want one source of light directly in front of your subject.
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Originally Posted by jtpassat,Jul 31 2007, 03:51 PM
Alex's idea of using an 430ex is good but that's assuming that you want one source of light directly in front of your subject.