Calling all Pocket Wizard Mini & Flex users post your images here...

Calling all Pocket Wizard Mini & Flex users post your images here...

That's right this thread is only for images created with Pocket Wizards new Flex & Mini's.

So for you Radio Poppers users, etc., get your own thread.

Thanks

I'll start - Tonight during an Gymnastics awards ceremony - 580exII's on 8ft light stands set to TTL on the sides of the floor exercise mats (I would guess about 40 plus feet between stands). No misfires in over 200 images. In the past I just nuked the ceiling with the flashes using Bounced light but tonight I directed the lights towards the awards risers. IMHO the images are really fantastic - much better than the bounced.

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1st night with the Flex & Mini

2 580exII on stands set to TTL, pocket wizards mini & 2 flex - one 580exII near the back wooden fence and the other opposite it near the house - about 40 feet between the stands. Molly (English setter) in the middle

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Image Date: 2009:03:12 18:55:24
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 70.0mm
CCD Width: 6.51mm
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv: 800
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Palladium wrote in post #7571603

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Finally pics, nice lighting and composition! 4th place, many ribbons! You took 200 shots, we need more from this event. Dare I ask what distance the Mini was to the Flex; which could possibly destroy this image thread?

pnmd wrote in post #7571718
Finally pics, nice lighting and composition! 4th place, many ribbons! You took 200 shots, we need more from this event. Dare I ask what distance the Mini was to the Flex; which could possibly destroy this image thread?

Mini on 5D and I was moving all around. Two 580exII on Flex's were on 8ft extended light stands angled down and facing each other at the edges of the floor exercise mat (about 40 feet apart).

I posted the image above because the face is obscured.

Here is one of the first images I captured at a match today... 580exII's mounted directly on Flex's

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Image Date: 2009:03:31 17:01:30
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 78.0mm
CCD Width: 4.65mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv: 400
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

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Below are the same image - Full & Crop (this gym's ambient is iso 1600 @ 1/250)

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Image Date: 2009:03:31 17:01:34
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 78.0mm
CCD Width: 4.34mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv: 400
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

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Hi my first post here. Cheers!
From Singapore.

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Image Date: 2009.03.29 10.30.31
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 35.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.006s (1/160)
Aperture: f/14
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Glad you guys revived this thread with more pics. They look great!

Palladium, you still liking the PW's? BHPhoto emailed today. They have the mini/flex in stock now and shipped my pre-order out today. Should receive them Monday!

pnmd wrote in post #7647180
...Palladium, you still liking the PW's?

Absolutely - but here my situation. My style is to use four 580exII's. Originally I just picked up just 2 of the flex with the mini and planned to pick up the other 2 shortly thereafter but with the current supply situation I'm kinda in limbo waiting for the other 2.

Palladium wrote in post #7571603
I'll start - Tonight during an Gymnastics awards ceremony - 580exII's on 8ft light stands set to TTL on the sides of the floor exercise mats (I would guess about 40 plus feet between stands). No misfires in over 200 images. In the past I just nuked the ceiling with the flashes using Bounced light but tonight I directed the lights towards the awards risers. IMHO the images are really fantastic - much better than the bounced.

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Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2009:03:21 18:58:47
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 70.0mm
CCD Width: 5.27mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO equiv: 400
White Balance: Auto
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Did you use 2 flex mounts? Would you be able to obtan these pictures useing 1 on a flex and the other 580 as a slave?

Good question!

still looking for a answer

I tried my Flex's for the first time at a wedding yesterday. They worked pretty well with only the occasional hiccup. Now I just need to get a better grip on ETTL! Here's a shot making use of HSS.

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RLipp69 wrote in post #7671204
still looking for a answer

Firstly to Patrick, sweet photo! That's exactly what HSS is for! I can't wait to take advantage of full-sun wireless TTL HSS myself!

Secondly, the answer as I know it is, no. Each flash on each FlexTT5 needs to be set to regular mode, not master. Therefore, it cannot command a slave.

Which is unfortunate.

I could be wrong, but the manual explicitly states "don't set the flashes on the receivers to master or slave"