Is this dern thang werth a hoot?

http://cgi.ebay.com …eName=STRK:MEWA​:IT&ih=010

Er is it junk? Lemme know.

Looks like a Cactus set to me.

Get the cactus V.2's though, as they work with Canons, whereas V.1's dont.

I got mine from gadget infinity, as do most people.

http://search.ebay.co.​uk …enum=1&coentryp​age=search

LM, if I am really interested to know too

Lots of talk about those things in the discussion threads of the Flickr Strobist group. The wide variety of user experiences leads me to believe that the manufacturing quality control is not up to snuff.

If you go this route, buy two of everything. This will increase your chances.

Mine work fine, most of the time. Like I said in my review, they're a great low-budget way to get your flash off-camera if you're just trying to be creative. They are not reliable enough for paid professional work.

Curtis N wrote in post #3880545
Lots of talk about those things in the discussion threads of the Flickr Strobist group. The wide variety of user experiences leads me to believe that the manufacturing quality control is not up to snuff.

If you go this route, buy two of everything. This will increase your chances.

Mine work fine, most of the time. Like I said in my review, they're a great low-budget way to get your flash off-camera if you're just trying to be creative. They are not reliable enough for paid professional work.

*grumble*

I can always count on you for the cold hard truth, Curtis. I guess I'll just have to get the old ST-E2. RE: Paid work.

Curtis N wrote in post #3880545
Lots of talk about those things in the discussion threads of the Flickr Strobist group. The wide variety of user experiences leads me to believe that the manufacturing quality control is not up to snuff.

If you go this route, buy two of everything. This will increase your chances.

Mine work fine, most of the time. Like I said in my review, they're a great low-budget way to get your flash off-camera if you're just trying to be creative. They are not reliable enough for paid professional work.

Agreed. One of my recievers works further away from the other, but I've never had any other problems than that. They both work well up to 6 metres away, and one goes up to about 9m.

Why not try Pocket Wizards instead of the ST-E2?

sando wrote in post #3880618
Agreed. One of my recievers works further away from the other, but I've never had any other problems than that. They both work well up to 6 metres away, and one goes up to about 9m.

Why not try Pocket Wizards instead of the ST-E2?

I'm actually looking at Pocket Wizards as well.

Lord_Malone wrote in post #3880644
I'm actually looking at Pocket Wizards as well.

You should also check out the new Elinchrom Skyports.

They do not have the 1600 foot range of the Pocket Wizards, but I think they work for a few hundred feet.

They are getting a lot of good reviews and cost about 1/2 as much as Pocket Wizards.

They are also physically smaller that the Pocket Wizards especially the transmitter. It is just much less obtrusive on the camera than a Pocket Wizard.

Enjoy! Lon

Lord_Malone wrote in post #3880644
I'm actually looking at Pocket Wizards as well.

That would be an infinitely superior choice if budget allows.

You have enough to worry about during a shoot. I would hate to also have to wonder if the flash units will fire every time. With PocketWizards you don't have that issue.

^ Your new signature puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

Thanks, guys. I'll continue to explore all options.

Lord_Malone wrote in post #3880848
^ Your new signature puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

Thanks, guys. I'll continue to explore all options.

If you do decide to try an inexpensive radio slave, you may want to consider this unit in this nice review by Lotto.

All the inexpensive radio slaves are a bit of a gamble, but the unit highlighted by Lotto seems to have fewer quality issues than the V1/V2 design (the one with the hotshoe).

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=273624

If you go the route that Lotto did, keep the receiver at least 12 inches from the Canon flash, and use the channel setting recommended in this tech article.

http://wavelength.org.​nz/equipment/triggerte​st

Just remember that with inexpensive radio slaves, nothing is a sure thing.

I have several, use them all the time, and they are reasonably reliable, but buyer beware.

Enjoy! Lon

If you're using a Sekonic light meter with the PW radio transmitter module and want seamless integration with your meter then Pocket Wizard's are the way to go. The other systems are very nice but to my knowledge none of them are compatible with the PW transmitter module used in the Sekonic light meters.

do you need a separate receiver for each flash? If I have a sigma 500DG super, and a canon 430 EX, what is the minimum I need to trigger them both wirelessly?

kevindar wrote in post #3881803
do you need a separate receiver for each flash? If I have a sigma 500DG super, and a canon 430 EX, what is the minimum I need to trigger them both wirelessly?

The Sigma EF 500 DG Super has optical slave capability so if it is close enough to the 430EX to be triggered by 43EX going off, you should be able to get away with only needing a PW for the 430EX. If the placement of the flashes are such that you get iffy optical triggering results, then you'll need to have a PW receiver for each flash.

TMR Design wrote in post #3881229
If you're using a Sekonic light meter with the PW radio transmitter module and want seamless integration with your meter then Pocket Wizard's are the way to go. The other systems are very nice but to my knowledge none of them are compatible with the PW transmitter module used in the Sekonic light meters.

That is the primary reasons I stuck with the PW and the Sekonic meter. I should have gone one step further and gotten strobes that incorporate PW receivers, too. But I didn't.

Oh, well. At least I can use the PW receiver units to trigger other things like my Speedlites and even my cameras.