RadioPopper Jr time

So these Jrs wont work with the Genesis 200s?

They will work just fine, you just wont be able to control the output at the camera with the more expensive ones unless you have AB or WL strobes. Just buy the cheaper ones.

Jim M wrote in post #6873631
I can see your point to a degree. And if I got a transmitter and two receivers, it would cost me around $200 with CyberSync and only around $160 with Radiopopper JrX. The way it looks to me, for the people who would use the features, these are the greatest thing since sliced bread. For me, I will probably buy them eventually, but it just wasn't the simple gizmo I was hoping for. I would have preferred not having the PCB compatible units made at all. However, I'm sure enough people have PCB units that it will be better for the company the way they did it. I should note that some of my remarks are tainted by the fact that I apparently got the only set of "poverty wizards" that actually work with 100% reliability.

Oh yeah, I agree 100%. I wish they had stuck the original JR Popper and released butt-ugly no frills, no upgrade triggers like they originally intended. I love the ideas behind this incarnation, but I wish they would have brought out some $35-40 a unit triggers that could trigger a remote strobe 3 months ago instead of redesigning them.

Oh well, I guess I'll put in that order with PCB tomorrow.

Well at least they left the door open to someone to fill the void between cheap unreliable $25 triggers and mid level reliable triggers with no "thrills" I'll probably end up getting the RPJ but I wil never use the add-ons they included.

Aw, I really wish they had stuck with the $25 thing. Not that what they are offering isn't nice, its just not what I wanted or needed if I'm understanding the options right. That said $60 isn't a deal killer, and the extra options might come in nice if I ever give up my portable flashes and get some AB's or WL's which is a distinct future possibility. $25 for a 'better ghettowizard' would have made me very happy though.

I wanted to get out of the Gadget Infinity stuff and pulled the trigger on the Cybersyncs. After reading this I'm happy that I did, for a two receiver kit I paid $200, it would be $160 for these. But mine will be here Monday. I would pull out all my leftover hair in three more months with the powerty wizards and especially the PC sync cables, man those drive me comletely nuts.

Yes I just wanted you to know that I'm getting new toys for christmas

WOW. Does no one ever need high speed sync or eTTL when shooting. The fact that I can mix those with manual strobes makes this perfect for me.

ETTL is great for party pics and snapshot type stuff, or just when the conditions and distances are changing. If I am going to set up a strobe on a stand then I want complete control every shot.

The ettl stuff on radio poppers is kind of like a sunroof in a car for me. Its a cool feature but I would never pay more out of my pocket for it.

so ETTL is only available on the PX'ses?

i'm new to remote trigger and have been waiting around to get a system. what's the difference between the cybersyncs and the jrx system?

eric@erickochphoto.com wrote in post #6880408
WOW. Does no one ever need high speed sync or eTTL when shooting. The fact that I can mix those with manual strobes makes this perfect for me.

For my uses, not off camera. If that were to change of course upgrading to the ettl hardware is an option which is nice.

col127 wrote in post #6882378
so ETTL is only available on the PX'ses?

i'm new to remote trigger and have been waiting around to get a system. what's the difference between the cybersyncs and the jrx system?

The cybersync triggers a remote flash. thats it.
The jrx will do the same but the system can be expanded to do eTTL communication between flashes (nikon and canon hotshoue flashes).

The other big difference is that that the CS is available

cvt01 wrote in post #6885035
The cybersync triggers a remote flash. thats it.
The jrx will do the same but the system can be expanded to do eTTL communication between flashes (nikon and canon hotshoue flashes).

The other big difference is that that the CS is available

The JRx will not have any ETTL capabilities and cannot be expanded to. Only the PRx units will do that.

Anybody figure out how these things attach to the flash? Velcro on the underside?

Yohan Pamudji wrote in post #6886183
Anybody figure out how these things attach to the flash? Velcro on the underside?

Magic.

DDCSD wrote in post #6886751
Magic.

No wonder they're so expensive!