anyone have "pocket wizards" or similiar

[whitedime]

looking to outfit my G5 with an wireless flash setup, can someone tell me what i need to get ? I can borrow a nikon SB 600 flash but intend to get my own eventually.

[cosworth]

Try the ebay wireless remotes first. Cheap and they work within a decent distance.

Link Delight is the eBay seller.

I have pocketwizards and they might be too pricey or overkill for your setup. Try the cheap route first, see if you like it!

[SuzyView]

PW will cost about $400 for 2. Definitely overkill, but so useful. :)

[tadrscin]

Definitely try the ebay triggers first since they're so cheap. I found them to be ok, but I quickly realized that they were going to waste some of my very valuable time so I sucked it up and bought the Skyports. I got 2 receivers and 1 transmitter for about 1/2 of what the PWs cost. They've been totally reliable, but they're not built as robust as PWs are. I still have my ebay triggers just as a backup. This is only a hobby for me, but since I have so little free time to shoot, I can't afford to waste it.

[whitedime]

can anyone send me a direnk link to a kit that will include everythign i need for a canon g5 ?

[whitedime]

please?

[mcmadkat]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170129439320&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

[Reeforbust]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170129439320&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007


Buy that and I have a flash for ya!!

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=373852



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[whitedime]

can anyone find one that ships from the US ?

[Reeforbust]

can anyone find one that ships from the US ?

All these are from the US....
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=so&sbrftog=1&fnu=1&xpufu=x&from=R10&rpr=8&satitle=wireless+flash+trigger&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&floc=1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32%26fsoo%3D2&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=



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[FREEZE]

Pardon if this is a stupid question, does the ETTL function stay intact when using these triggers. Or is this function somehow depend on the camera.:oops:

[whitedime]

freeze, what is ETTL


agh, im such a newb...

[whitedime]

reeferbust, send me some pics of that flash unit.

[Reeforbust]

reeferbust, send me some pics of that flash unit.

My wife left for work this morning with my camera bag in the car!!!!! She parks in downtown St. Louis!!!:eek:

As soon as she gets home I'll send ya some and post some on the ad...I also have the manual that came with it so your not flying blind!

Here's a stock photo from the net...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/461001.jpg

[mcmadkat]

Pardon if this is a stupid question, does the ETTL function stay intact when using these triggers. Or is this function somehow depend on the camera.:oops:

Nope, the flash has to be operated on manual mode. Even the pocket wizards only work on manual mode.

[whitedime]

can someone tell me what ETTL is

[mcmadkat]

can someone tell me what ETTL is

E-TTL (evaluative TTL). With the Canon Elan II/50 camera in 1995, Canon introduced another form of flash technology - E-TTL, for “evaluative through the lens” flash metering. While still metering through the lens, E-TTL is completely incompatible with its predecessors and works on a very different technical basis. E-TTL fires a low-power preflash of known brightness from the main bulb to determine correct flash exposure. It measures the reflectance of the scene with the preflash, then calculates proper flash output to achieve a midtoned subject, based on that data. It uses a preflash, but doesn’t suffer from A-TTL’s drawbacks for two reasons.

First, the E-TTL preflash occurs immediately before the shutter opens and not when the shutter release is pressed halfway. Unlike the A-TTL preflash, therefore, the E-TTL preflash is actually used to determine flash exposure and isn’t fired during the ambient (existing) metering stage. Some users may be surprised to learn that E-TTL actually fires a prefire flash before the main flash at all. Using regular settings the process happens so quickly that the preflash is difficult to notice, though you might catch glimpse of it before the mirror blackout - an exception being second-curtain sync (http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/index2.html#secondcurtain).

Second, the preflash light is analyzed by the same evaluative metering system that the camera uses to meter ambient light. This means it meters through the lens and is harder to fool than external sensors, isn’t confused by bounced light and does not read anything off the surface of the film. For what it’s worth, unlike the TTL flash meter, the E-TTL metering sensor cannot be seen by the curious - it’s hidden away up in the pentaprism (or roof mirror in low-end EOS cameras) housing.

E-TTL is also generally superior to TTL and A-TTL when it comes to fill flash. The E-TTL algorithms are usually better at applying subtle and natural fill flash light to daylight photographs. E-TTL exposure is also linked to the current AF focus point, which in theory results in finer-grained exposure biasing than most multiple-zone TTL flash sensor systems. E-TTL support is built into all recent EOS film cameras and all EOS digital cameras since the D30.
From here: http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/#ettl



Basically it is automatic flash.

[FREEZE]

Thanks for answering all the questions that is awesome.

[mcmadkat]

No probs mate, that is what the forum is for!

[whitedime]

does my G5 have that ? I noticed on the g5 you can alter the intensity of the flash, does that still work when you have an external flash attached ? ( i own a nikon SB 600 )

and just a general question,anyone have " second curtain " flash photos ? curious at to when would be good times to use it.