tharmsen wrote in post #9353812
I like it. Here's a few observations.
Pros:
- Very useful, lots of great features and once you spend a little time learning it, it's very easy and intuitive to use.
- Small and light weight.
- Beautiful display. Bright colors and easy to see.
- Instructions are pretty good, it takes a couple of reads but eventually it all makes sense.
- Highly configurable, I especially like the ability to use different watt modeling lights and compensate for them in the setup. The ability to isolate a single light and pop it for readings is nice as well. Feature wise, I love the thing.
- At $180 it's a good price for what you get IMHO.
Cons:
- Not very well built. It's all plastic and it doesn't feel as though it's all that durable.
- The hot-shoe mount is plastic and wobbly. It doesn't lock in very security and doesn't inspire confidence. (PCB support tells me they recommend you shoot with a CST transmitter and keep the CyberCommander in your pocket for configuration changes).
- I've had mine fail to pop the lights a few times. It's not all that common, but it's happened several times since getting it for Christmas.
- The light meter gives wanky readings. My L358 I trust, the CC I don't trust. I also don't trust the color temp meter, but I can't say I have a way to verify it. With the light meter the CC will tell me one thing and the L358 will tell me something else (a stop or more difference). The L358 is right.
I like it despite the quirks. I wish it were a little better built as I would gladly pay another $100 for a more solidly built unit with this functionality. But I won't complain, I enjoy using it. But given its build quality and flimsy mount I would keep a back-up transmitter handy on shoots just in case it get broken.
I like it. Here's a few observations.
Pros:
- Very useful, lots of great features and once you spend a little time learning it, it's very easy and intuitive to use.
- Small and light weight.
- Beautiful display. Bright colors and easy to see.
- Instructions are pretty good, it takes a couple of reads but eventually it all makes sense.
- Highly configurable, I especially like the ability to use different watt modeling lights and compensate for them in the setup. The ability to isolate a single light and pop it for readings is nice as well. Feature wise, I love the thing.
- At $180 it's a good price for what you get IMHO.
Cons:
- Not very well built. It's all plastic and it doesn't feel as though it's all that durable.
- The hot-shoe mount is plastic and wobbly. It doesn't lock in very security and doesn't inspire confidence. (PCB support tells me they recommend you shoot with a CST transmitter and keep the CyberCommander in your pocket for configuration changes).
- I've had mine fail to pop the lights a few times. It's not all that common, but it's happened several times since getting it for Christmas.
- The light meter gives wanky readings. My L358 I trust, the CC I don't trust. I also don't trust the color temp meter, but I can't say I have a way to verify it. With the light meter the CC will tell me one thing and the L358 will tell me something else (a stop or more difference). The L358 is right.
I like it despite the quirks. I wish it were a little better built as I would gladly pay another $100 for a more solidly built unit with this functionality. But I won't complain, I enjoy using it. But given its build quality and flimsy mount I would keep a back-up transmitter handy on shoots just in case it get broken.
I agree that the hotshoe should be better made, but I do intend to use the cst on camera as I have one, and it's less than $100 
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I haven't even had a chance to pay with mine, but can you calibrate the CC to match the L358?
pfft
