new PocketWizard teaser

Sorry if this duplicates info posted already, but I just ran across a post on the Lighting & Studio forum at Fred Miranda with a heads up of a teaser ad on the PocketWizard site indicating a new product intro for 2/16.

The PW site: http://www.pocketwizar​d.com/

George

interesting lower profile and looks like it has a hotshoe on top

Looks like it may be E-TTL based, similar to Radio Poppers...

Hard to see in that picture but it does look like the rumors are true. That appears to be the dedicated transmitter and it certainly does appear to have a hot shoe on top.

Michael wrote in post #7321593
Looks like it may be E-TTL based, similar to Radio Poppers...

The info I got through a contact at MAC group was that there is going to be a dedicated scaled down transmitter (shown in the image on the PW site) and that there is going to be ETTL PW's for both Canon and Nikon. I have no idea of what those units will look like. I suspect it will be something similar to the MultiMax but perhaps with a slightly redesigned and modernized look

TMR Design wrote in post #7321615
The info I got through a contact at MAC group was that there is going to be a dedicated scaled down transmitter (shown in the image on the PW site) and that there is going to be ETTL PW's for both Canon and Nikon. I have no idea of what those units will look like. I suspect it will be something similar to the MultiMax but perhaps with a slightly redesigned and modernized look

Interesting, thanks for that info. Will have to wait and see the price...

TMR Design wrote in post #7321615
The info I got through a contact at MAC group was that there is going to be a dedicated scaled down transmitter (shown in the image on the PW site) and that there is going to be ETTL PW's for both Canon and Nikon. I have no idea of what those units will look like. I suspect it will be something similar to the MultiMax but perhaps with a slightly redesigned and modernized look

Robert,

Do I understand correctly that this would be a 2 component system? I wonder then if the unit shown in the teaser could be a personality module with the hotshoe seen in the photo perhaps a mount for an RF transmitter module which could be 'universal', i.e. perhaps used as a basic trigger transmitter unit.

That would be a very smart solution, giving them the ability to offer 3 new products: a Canon personality module, a Nikon module, and an updated RF unit that could be used with these or stand alone essentially as a replacement / update to the current PW transmitters.

George

any clue if these will be more affordable than the current PW+2's?

GH_ATL_GA wrote in post #7321717
Robert,

Do I understand correctly that this would be a 2 component system? I wonder then if the unit shown in the teaser could be a personality module with the hotshoe seen in the photo perhaps a mount for an RF transmitter module which could be 'universal', i.e. perhaps used as a basic trigger transmitter unit.

That would be a very smart solution, giving them the ability to offer 3 new products: a Canon personality module, a Nikon module, and an updated RF unit that could be used with these or stand alone essentially as a replacement / update to the current PW transmitters.

George

There's really no info out yet so anything I could say would be speculation at this point. I think that whatever is released is probably going to be a well thought out system but we'll just have to wait and see.

GetOnMyLevel wrote in post #7325918
any clue if these will be more affordable than the current PW+2's?

Again, purely speculation but my guess is that the dedicated transmitter might be slightly less than an existing Plus II and I'm thinking that the ETTL units will be somewhere in between the price of Plus II's and Multi Max's.

I could be completely wrong.

My guess is that it is a transmitter that intercepts the signals from the camera to the flash and transmitts them to the other PW units attached to the remote flashes.(much like the st-e2 does but in radio signals) The hotsoe is for the on camera fill flash. This could be the ETTL we have been waiting for.
I just hope that there will be an adapter of some sort so that we can integrate our older PW's. I don't fancy buying a complete new setup again.

allcart wrote in post #7326473
My guess is that it is a transmitter that intercepts the signals from the camera to the flash and transmitts them to the other PW units attached to the remote flashes.(much like the st-e2 does but in radio signals) The hotsoe is for the on camera fill flash. This could be the ETTL we have been waiting for.
I just hope that there will be an adapter of some sort so that we can integrate our older PW's. I don't fancy buying a complete new setup again.

My guess is that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot if it was not completely compatible with existing Pocket Wizards. I can't see that happening. They're too smart for that.

this is great, now I can pick up the existing PWs for less! =D

brianch wrote in post #7326862
this is great, now I can pick up the existing PWs for less! =D

i second that

j-paka wrote in post #7327408
i second that

third.