Instead of waitng for the "soon to come out" Alien Bee triggers I was wondering what you all thout of the FLASHPOINT 4 channel trigger system. I found them for under $50 at Adorama.
PhotonPhil Goldmember 1,763 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Capturing Photons in Wisconsin More info | May 17, 2008 19:15 | #1 Instead of waitng for the "soon to come out" Alien Bee triggers I was wondering what you all thout of the FLASHPOINT 4 channel trigger system. I found them for under $50 at Adorama. Bodies: SONY A850 / Pentax K100D / D70 (18-55VR, 55-200)
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dbvirago Senior Member 367 posts Joined Feb 2006 More info | May 17, 2008 20:49 | #2 I'm using them with my flashpoint strobes and they work great. Don't know if they will work with ABs or not. Darryl
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CurtisN Master Flasher 19,129 posts Likes: 11 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Northern Illinois, US More info | May 18, 2008 02:26 | #3 Link? "If you're not having fun, your pictures will reflect that." - Joe McNally
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PhotonPhil THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,763 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Capturing Photons in Wisconsin More info | May 18, 2008 08:17 | #4 Bodies: SONY A850 / Pentax K100D / D70 (18-55VR, 55-200)
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CurtisN Master Flasher 19,129 posts Likes: 11 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Northern Illinois, US More info | May 18, 2008 10:24 | #5 I don't see why it wouldn't work with Alienbees. If you buy it, I would be curious to see a sync speed test like this, as well as a range (distance) test. "If you're not having fun, your pictures will reflect that." - Joe McNally
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dbvirago Senior Member 367 posts Joined Feb 2006 More info | May 18, 2008 19:16 | #6 I think the range the claim is 90'. Per my test, it's about half that. Darryl
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