ei Total Productions wrote:
32 Channels.  About five years too late!

Yeah, they lost my business five years ago.  They were the King and no one even came close.  But they sat on their asses, do nothing.  They don't deserve my business. 

James Ogilvie wrote:
God dammit.  I just bought another plus II.

HaHa, I know the feeling. I got 4 plus II's but I've had them for a while. The plus III looks interesting though .

MDS-Photos wrote:

HaHa, I know the feeling. I got 4 plus II's but I've had them for a while. The plus III looks interesting though .

It does look interesting.

Although now that I think about it, I'd have to get rid of and rebuy a bunch of these things for even one of them to be very useful.  So...whatever.  lol

James Ogilvie wrote:
God dammit.  I just bought another plus II.

Doh! I was going to order another one this week then caught this announcement.

I can't find a release date for the III though. Any idea how long after announcement before they are available typically?

JAE Photography PA wrote:

Doh! I was going to order another one this week then caught this announcement.

I can't find a release date for the III though. Any idea how long after announcement before they are available typically?

I don't know.

dms graphix wrote:
Looks like a great product for a great price.  Thanks for the tip.  I don't think these are TTL compatible with the Nikon flashes, though -- something to keep in mind for those wanting to use their Nikon (or Canon) flashes wirelessly off camera with radio triggers.

They are not for TTL.   They are a mid-range product designed to fit in between the PWII and the Multi-Max.  Essentially it is the PWII replacement.

dms graphix wrote:
Looks like a great product for a great price.  Thanks for the tip.  I don't think these are TTL compatible with the Nikon flashes, though -- something to keep in mind for those wanting to use their Nikon (or Canon) flashes wirelessly off camera with radio triggers.

If they don't do TTL then the competition (Pixel, etc) had this years ago.  a gazillion channels and multiple zones A B C D E F Gee whiz - that's not old news it's ancient news.
I can't believe how far behind the market they have fallen. They used to own this space

dms graphix wrote:
Looks like a great product for a great price.  Thanks for the tip.  I don't think these are TTL compatible with the Nikon flashes, though -- something to keep in mind for those wanting to use their Nikon (or Canon) flashes wirelessly off camera with radio triggers.

These and the multi-max's are not TTL for any brand; the MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 are TTL. Too much guessing for me whether TTL wil give me the results I want - much prefer manual, that way I KNOW I'll get what I want. Which is why I use multimax's or Plus's.

dms graphix wrote:
Looks like a great product for a great price.  Thanks for the tip.  I don't think these are TTL compatible with the Nikon flashes, though -- something to keep in mind for those wanting to use their Nikon (or Canon) flashes wirelessly off camera with radio triggers.

They are not TTL compatible, but you could possibly use one to retrain your Mini/Flex if you find yourself in an environment where others are using the two channels you preprogrammed into your TTL triggers.

I really like these because of the groups, lack of which in the PlusII caused me to only buy MultiMax before.  The PlusIII gives almost all the functionality I need, and appears to have a much nicer (easier) interface than the MultiMax.

JAE Photography PA wrote:

Doh! I was going to order another one this week then caught this announcement.

I can't find a release date for the III though. Any idea how long after announcement before they are available typically?

B&H supposedly has them for order now.

sublime LightWorks wrote:

B&H supposedly has them for order now.

Just found them up for preorder - March 15th.

Leggy Mountbatten wrote:
I had to laugh at this:
"LPA Design, manufacturers of PocketWizard Photo Products, the world leader in reliable wireless control of cameras, flash lighting and light meters..."

As if the whole MiniTT1/FlexTT5 debacle never happened...

Adspeak

JAE Photography PA wrote:

Just found them up for preorder - March 15th.

Yep, $139.

John Allan wrote:
I guess, if one's primary photographic focus is shooting at group events, then this might offer some value. I'm not sure how much value it offers though, for the conventional studio shooter, over the PWII or even the PW.

For me, four channels is completely adequate. I have a mix of PW's and PWII's and they fire everything reliably. I'm good.

It is interesting, I would have a lot of use for them.  I was just about to buy a pair of Multi-Max.   I do group shoots but it won't be much use because my clients don't have them.  I am stuck with four channels.

On the other hand, we have several photographers in our building and I sometimes have channel conflicts.  I would love it so I could go to channel 12, or whatever.  I would never have to worry about my neighbors.

sultanphotography wrote:
I am actually going to sell a bunch of PWII if anyone is interested.

I will probably sell four of mind for $100 each and replace them with PWIII's.

ei Total Productions wrote:

They are not for TTL.   They are a mid-range product designed to fit in between the PWII and the Multi-Max.  Essentially it is the PWII replacement.

And $30 less than the PWII - hard to beat that!  Wonder what price the old PWIIs will start going for.  I get tired of seeing someone selling old PWII for $10-20 less than the price of a new one!

JAE Photography PA wrote:

Doh! I was going to order another one this week then caught this announcement.

I can't find a release date for the III though. Any idea how long after announcement before they are available typically?

March 15th. I received this info from MacGroup.

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:

Adspeak

yes, but it's important to remember there is a reason they once dominated the market. For a while it was everyone else's debacles we talked about and only PWs were reliable. they were trying to push the limits again, just without the same engineering finesse they managed the first time round.

ei Total Productions wrote:
They are not for TTL.   They are a mid-range product designed to fit in between the PWII and the Multi-Max.  Essentially it is the PWII replacement.

NC Art Photos wrote:
And $30 less than the PWII - hard to beat that!  Wonder what price the old PWIIs will start going for.  I get tired of seeing someone selling old PWII for $10-20 less than the price of a new one!

I think I will put some of mine up for sale for $100 and replace them with PWIII's.   I expect the price of the PWII+ to drop.

larsen222 wrote:

These and the multi-max's are not TTL for any brand; the MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 are TTL. Too much guessing for me whether TTL wil give me the results I want - much prefer manual, that way I KNOW I'll get what I want. Which is why I use multimax's or Plus's.

The big advantage of the flex system is remotely controlling the power manually, you don't have to use TTL.

sultanphotography wrote:
I am actually going to sell a bunch of PWII if anyone is interested.

PM me with your prices pls.

Quang Dang wrote:
Does Plus III compatible with II? Can we trigger it?
I'll probably sell a few Plus II.

PWIIIs work with the older models, yes.

Jamez wrote:
Okay, I love my PWMM's (I really do), but why would I want to buy more MM's with this out now?

On the MM I use the intervolmeter occasionally (but these days the camera can do it), can anyone else think of any other reason to buy a MM now?

Seriously, what am I missing? This thing can do zones, remote camera, signal relay etc? Why would anyone buy a MM now?

Three things I can see:
1.  if you need to keep the camera awake
2.  if you need to fine tune the contact time
3.  if you use a private channel