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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.


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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.


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May 18, 2008 02:26 |  #3

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May 18, 2008 08:17 |  #4

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http://www.adorama.com​/FPRRS.html (external link)


Bodies: SONY A850 / Pentax K100D / D70 (18-55VR, 55-200)
Primes: Minolta 28 ff2.8 / Minolta 50 f1.7 / Minolta 50 f2.8 Macro
Zooms: 35-70 f4 / 100-200 f4.5 Lights: AB800 / AB400 & CSRB's
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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.


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May 18, 2008 19:16 |  #6

I think the range the claim is 90'. Per my test, it's about half that.

Had the same prob as the tests with synch. 250th gave me slight dark at bottom of the frame. 200th works perfect though.

They will fail to fire the flash every once in a while, but recently used a friends PWs that did the same thing.

At the time I bought my lights, I couldn't afford PWs, so it was this or a cable. For $50 I have no regrets.


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