I forgot to mention one reason for having two receivers. When it comes
time for family photos or self-portraits of me and my wife I fire the
transmitter by holding it in my hand and pushing a button, use one of
the receivers to fire the Canon 5d and the other one to fire one of two
studio lights. The second studio light is fired by its built-in optical
trigger from the flash of the first light. I attach a receiver to the
Canon 5D by using an ebay manual remote shutter switch which plugs into
the camera and also has a miniplug socket where I can plug the receiver
in. They don't all have the miniplug socket so you just have to check
them out.
On 11/28/2012 9:12 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I know the Schnozz still pushes cheap ebay triggers but I gave up on
> them after purchasing 2 sets of 4 (at different times, different models
> from different sellers). They were so unreliable and had such short
> range that I was made nearly bald by tearing my hair out trying to get
> them to fire. You're welcome to try it if you like as they're generally
> cheap enough to throw away if they don't work. The only problem is that
> my experience says you'll waste your time and money and end up throwing
> them out.
>
> Pocket Wizards are probably the best and have quite a long range but
> they're not perfect by any means (I've spent a lot of time trying to get
> some recalcitrant ones [owned by someone else] to fire). What I use
> myself these days (conditioned by my love for my very reliable Alien
> Bees studio lights) are these:
> The full product line <http://www.paulcbuff.com/cybersync.php>
> and the specific transmitter and receivers I use
> Transmitter : <http://www.paulcbuff.com/cst.php>
> Receivers(2): <http://www.paulcbuff.com/csr.php>
> Use the CSRB (battery powered) rather than the CSR (AC)
> I recommend some different stuff from Paul Buff if you were setting up a
> studio but what I have recommended above is just right for portable
> flashes (and will work for studio too)
>
> There are other units on the market which I know little about but these
> I have used for about 5 years. They work and work reliably and are
> relatively inexpensive relative to Pocket Wizards. All 3 units will
> cost you about $200. The cheapest Pocket-Wizard set would be $450 and
> the more expensive "original" style Pocket-Wizards would be $885. The
> specs say the range is up to 350 feet. My own test shows more like 160
> feet free air distance but that's fine with me. I've never been in a
> reception hall where I needed more than 160 feet (nor anywhere even
> close to that except one time where i did need more than 100).
>
> Whatever type of units you buy I'd suggest that you start with one
> transmitter and one or (preferably) two receivers. If you have more
> lights than that the other lights can usually be fired by optical
> triggers. If you have studio lights they usually include a built-in
> optical trigger but you can use rather cheap optical triggers with hot
> shoe attachments for portable flash units. Note the two optical
> triggers (black cubes at top) in this image
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/gear/Homemade%20bracket%20&%20various%20hotshoe%20adapters.jpg>
> They have a 1/4-20 screw thread in the bottom for attaching to tripods
> or light stands and a hot shoe on top for attaching a portable flash.
> They're easily found on ebay such as:
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEAGULL-SYK-3-Hot-Shoe-Flash-Light-Remote-Optical-slave-Trigger-for-Canon-Nikon-/250888270544?pt=Camera_Flash_Accessories&hash=item3a6a1b32d0>
> I suspect they all come out of the same factory and have for at least
> 10-15 years. You could also run some sort of PC cord from these hot
> shoes or other connector to a T-45 which I believe has a PC connection
> as well as OM TTL connectors. If you have to concoct some sort of odd
> flash electrical attachment you can usually find a solution here
> <http://www.paramountcords.com/> If they don't have it they'll make it
> for you. I prefer the Paramount "miniphone to hot shoe female"
> connector near the bottom of this page
> <http://www.paramountcords.com/products.asp?cat=70> as the miniphone
> connects to the plug socket on the Paul Buff receivers. They're $45-50
> new but you can find them used on ebay sometimes for about $20.
>
> Good luck with your choices
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/28/2012 4:26 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I bought three sets of some elcheepo ebay triggers. Cost me about a
>> hundred bucks total. I figured if I could get one set to work for a
>> year or two I'd be happy. I got about five years out of them before
>> they got too flaky to use much. I usually just use one one remoted
>> flash and the T45. The T45 has a Flashbender attached and I'm usually
>> aiming it off to the side walls or something like that to give me side
>> lighting. That needs some serious horsepower and the T45 delivers.
>>
>> I'm more likely to pick up a set of Pocket Wizards now that Canon has
>> an RF based wireless system. The prices on them are starting to drop
>> and I can hit up a couple local pros for their old ones.
>>
>> However, if I do get a new Canon DSLR with the RF system, I'll get a
>> pair of those flashes. It's a serious chunk of change, but I'm fully
>> convinced that for wedding photography it's the best system out there.
>> (honestly, though, I'm getting too old for that business).
>>
>> AG Schnozz
>>
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