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Aug 07, 2008 08:03 |  #1

A bunch of people I know want to set up a strobist meet. The majority of the guys there use the Ebay triggers/receivers. I was planning to pick up a pocket wizard and I was curious how exactly can I trigger their flashes using my pocket wizard. Is there some set frequency I must set my PW to?


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Aug 07, 2008 08:20 |  #2

big_apple_ken wrote in post #6063148 (external link)
A bunch of people I know want to set up a strobist meet. The majority of the guys there use the Ebay triggers/receivers. I was planning to pick up a pocket wizard and I was curious how exactly can I trigger their flashes using my pocket wizard. Is there some set frequency I must set my PW to?

Bottom line.. you can't do it. Pocket Wizards talk to Pocket Wizards and there is no cross compatibility.


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Aug 07, 2008 08:36 as a reply to  @ TMR Design's post |  #3

That is what I was afraid of. That is a major pain in the butt since they all use ebay triggers and I want to use a PW.


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Aug 07, 2008 09:16 |  #4

If you think about it this is one of the plus sides to using radio triggers. Shooting around other photogs with mulitple/off camera flash is a pain, discrete triggering channels is a blessing.

But I understand what you are trying to do.


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Aug 07, 2008 09:47 as a reply to  @ Titus213's post |  #5

Yeah, basically it means that in order to shoot with my friends I need to get the Ebay triggers. Is there any place I can buy them and get them quickly? I live in NYC.


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Aug 07, 2008 11:21 |  #6

B&H?


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B&H?

Yeah, but what are the equivalent triggers at B&H? I'm pretty new to this so I have no idea.


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Yeah, but what are the equivalent triggers at B&H? I'm pretty new to this so I have no idea.

Nobody knows? I could really use some help with this. Basically one of these cheap triggers that works with Cactus V2 that I can buy from B&H/Adorama.


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