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By-tor
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 19:29
I am very new to DSLR cameras and would like to do a little off camera flash setups. I have a 40d and 430ex II flash for now, looking at a second flash.

What would be a good low cost wireless/battery powered setup for me to give this a try?

Thanks
badgerdid
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 19:37
Would the CTR-301 wireless triggers on ebay be what your looking for, theres a few posts on here about them.
By-tor
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 19:43
I'll take a look..

Thanks


I was looking at the unit and it looks like it has a plug that connects the rec. base to the flash. The 430ex II has no place for this plug.
robtography
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 20:22
I'll take a look..

Thanks


I was looking at the unit and it looks like it has a plug that connects the rec. base to the flash. The 430ex II has no place for this plug.

Your flash goes in the hotshoe mount on the CTR-301 triggers, no need for the PC cable. So far mine work fine with my XS and Vivitar 285 flashes.
badgerdid
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 20:23
I'll take a look..

Thanks


I was looking at the unit and it looks like it has a plug that connects the rec. base to the flash. The 430ex II has no place for this plug.

The flash just sits on the receiver via the hotshoe.
heres the previous posts with a review

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=662028
Titus213
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 21:08
A step up from those would be Cybersyncs by AlienBees (http://www.alienbees.com/remotes.html). They offer reliability and range while retaining small size and standard batteries (AA in the receivers). You would need a hot shoe adapter for your 430EX - www.flashzebra.com has them for under $15.
By-tor
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 21:19
Thanks everyone..

I have read and watched some reliability reviews on some of them and they were not all that good. The alienbees do very well...
robtography
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 22:22
Thanks everyone..

I have read and watched some reliability reviews on some of them and they were not all that good. The alienbees do very well...

$41 shipped for the CTR-301P tranmitter with 2 receivers, haven't had one misfire and so far they've been good up to 30 feet away, haven't tried farther than 30 feet yet...I didn't have much money to drop for the Cybersyncs so I got the CTR-301's, I'm satisfied and I'll make some money using my CTR-301's to buy Cybersyncs ;)