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MadMesh
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 00:10
What to buy? Where to buy?

Any product recomendations? I dont want to use the optical slave sensor and i dont want to wire anything.

Im lookin to wire up atleast 3-4+ strobes in a venu setting. IE Weddings... Even portrait work.
Gary_E
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 05:14
ive been looking at the wizard its in a post somewhere in here do a search for pocket wizard
tim
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 05:19
Pocket wizards have the best reputation, but they're very expensive. You can get cheaper units on ebay, but you have to be careful buying there.
scottbergerphoto
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 06:19
Pocket Wizards. They work consistently and they have modules for Sekonic meters that allow you to fire your strobes for metering wirelessly as well. You can add a trigger release cord from PW to fire your camera remotely as well.
Todd Jacobsen
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 16:27
Pocket Wizards. They work consistently and they have modules for Sekonic meters that allow you to fire your strobes for metering wirelessly as well. You can add a trigger release cord from PW to fire your camera remotely as well.

PW advocate here. Paid for it too. The Sekonic connection (transmitter) is a nice add and allows the meter to be a trigger for incident readings.

Recommend Multimax units if you want to buy two. Recommend PW Receivers if you want to purchase more than two (two PW Multimax's and all others receivers).
iwatkins
19th of July 2005 (Tue), 16:33
No end of trouble with PW untis. They went backwards and forwards with more and more lame excuses why they were mis firing/not firing etc. In the end, dumped them. Never again.

Bought a £50 set of cheapo trans/receiver to fill the gap while i looked elsewhere. These work fine and the transmitter isn't a great huge lump off the top of the camera. Haven't looked elsewhere. :)

Cheers

Ian
Gary_E
20th of July 2005 (Wed), 05:36
Pocket Wizards. They work consistently and they have modules for Sekonic meters that allow you to fire your strobes for metering wirelessly as well. You can add a trigger release cord from PW to fire your camera remotely as well.
hi scott
yesterday i ordered a pocket wizard from bh and the sekonic w/transmitter from adorama
i guess i will find out soon :)
nothing like bargain stuff to ruin your day so i figured i would try the wizard rather than play around
scottbergerphoto
20th of July 2005 (Wed), 05:58
I don't think you will be disappointed. FYI, they are used by the photographers in madison Square Garden to fire the strobes mounted in the rafters.
DSMITH131
21st of July 2005 (Thu), 15:29
get the pocket wizard and the sekonic 358 w/transmitter and tell your wife Scott made you do it thats what i did and they are great
Gary_E
21st of July 2005 (Thu), 15:48
get the pocket wizard and the sekonic 358 w/transmitter and tell your wife Scott made you do it thats what i did and they are great
i did!
got the pocket wizard and 3 variable monolights today the wizard worked 1st time simple... im waiting on the sekonic now

im going to be doing some portrait fundraising for our church, i have several set up.
ill be using it w/a chroma key background and the digital anarchy stuff.. my wife cant blame scott for that....
Gary_E
22nd of July 2005 (Fri), 15:20
follow up note...
pocket wizard works great.. a bit pricey but i like the freedom it offers. very easy to set up and shoot with. doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure it out...
scottbergerphoto
22nd of July 2005 (Fri), 15:48
get the pocket wizard and the sekonic 358 w/transmitter and tell your wife Scott made you do it thats what i did and they are great
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Who do I blame?
Gary_E
22nd of July 2005 (Fri), 16:33
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Who do I blame?
blame your desire for gadgets :p
scottbergerphoto
22nd of July 2005 (Fri), 20:19
blame your desire for gadgets :p
And there's the rub. He who dies with the most toys wins!