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Wireless remotes for studio flash
I used this to search for wireless remotes in photography forum but didn't find anything. I was wondering if anyone has used any of those remotes from China and do they work OK. They are very cheap and that is a plus. Anyone have any information that could help. Please Jan 28 08 10:38 am Link I've been using one for the past 8 months, no trouble at all here  Jan 28 08 10:40 am Link I bought two sets, modfied one transmitter with an antenna to get a greater distance. Modified one receiver to use with my photogenic lights. No problems. Jan 28 08 10:47 am Link Did you have any problems getting batteries for them? Are they pretty much plug and use remotes. What modifications were needed to use with studio lights? Jan 28 08 10:50 am Link Dig. Plus Photo wrote: No, yes, none. It would help if you stated what lights you. There are a few different versions of China-made wireless transmitters on the market. Jan 28 08 10:54 am Link I have one of those, they use regular batteries, have been using it for about 10 month now. Overall happy with what I got for $15, the issue I have is that it doesn't sync well at 1/250 (had first replaced by another, customer service was helpfull), but both sync only up to 1/200. Peter www.studionewmarket.com Jan 28 08 10:54 am Link I have one, I think it is called "little baby trigger", comes in a yellow box. It works ok, the price was great. I may have to modify it to get better distance, had lots of no fires on the weekend, mostly when the strobe was to the side behind me so the little eye was blocked. I will try better batteries in it first though (AAA) I have heard that there are different names or boxes that this one is being sold under for more money, but it is exactly the same. S Jan 28 08 10:56 am Link I've been using them for a couple of years... the cheapo versions. They work fine. You might want to look for the ones that have different frequency settings if you plan to shoot around people that are using similar devices. Jan 28 08 10:57 am Link I have a set for my travel lights and they work fine. Not good at a distance but that's about it. Jan 28 08 10:58 am Link Anyone know the name of these remotes? Or a link to where they are sold? Thanks Kevin Jan 28 08 10:59 am Link I wonder if you guys are talking about the same devices. Jan 28 08 11:00 am Link I've had three sets. I burnt out the first one, smashed the second one shooting on location, and my new one is still going strong. Jan 28 08 11:01 am Link Jan 28 08 11:06 am Link ward wrote: I own pocket wizards but use my China kaka's most of the time. It is for just the reason you have listed. If I break them I don't care. I can buy another set for $25. Jan 28 08 11:14 am Link Pro-Retouch wrote: I sync up to 1/500th with them when I use my D70 to shoot (I have more than one camera). I have sync'ed up in my friend's studio at that speed with his Alien Bees as well. Jan 28 08 11:16 am Link The ones I had ate through batteries. I had to replace the batteries every 2nd or 3rd shoot. It took me a while to figure out - I would keep lowering and lowering my sync speed to get them to work until I realized it was the batteries. It drove me nuts. Jan 28 08 11:18 am Link I have used mine for a couple of years now. That same model is no longer available, but from what I read in the forums the newer ones are better. There are extensive discussions at dpreview.com and strobist.com. My experience is that if you can find a channel free of radio interference they work very well. I have had a few place where I had problems -- once directly under a radio transmission tower, once very near a bank of electrical transformers -- beyond that I have never had to do more than change channels or shift the position of the receiver on the lightstand. Someone mentioned sync speed. Any radio transmitter I know of will cause a slight delay in the flash because of the time it takes to send the signal, so you may lose one step off your top sync speed. You will have to test this with your own setup to be sure. Jan 28 08 11:20 am Link http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3 … Radio.html This is what I use, Micro Sync Digital. Works great Jan 28 08 11:21 am Link Alan from Aavian Prod wrote: That's odd. I have the Minolta V and they work well with both Cord and non-Cord. I agree. They're cheap. And if you smash one, you can easily buy another. Can't do that as easily with the Wizards. Jan 28 08 11:23 am Link Alan from Aavian Prod wrote: well there you go, maybe we should pet them before we use them, they all seem to have personalities of their own lol Jan 28 08 11:30 am Link I also bought a 16 channel, $19.99 wireless setup off ebay. Has worked flawlessly except... At a fashion show, there were videographers there, one right next to me. They were using somekind of wireless communication between them that seemed to "false trigger" my strobe. So luckily I had my sync cable with me and had to "hard-wire" to the strobe. Just one of those things I guess.. Jan 28 08 12:12 pm Link I used some and the guy who owned the studio said he found them wore reliable than expensive ones. He did tell me they unlocked a guy's car once! Jan 28 08 12:16 pm Link Bonita Photography wrote: Try E-Bay search for remote slave Jan 28 08 12:24 pm Link I have several sets of the 16 chan. units and they have worked very well for almost a year. As others have stated, they can false fire with interferance from other devices. I've had a couple of models use their cell phones near the units and would cause false fire. For the price, you can live with a few of their falts. They have the large 1/4 inch phono plug that will fit into most mono lights. If your flash takes something else, you can build a cord to convert. I have even used them on my Nikon SB 600/800 units with a short sync cord pluged into the two units. Jan 28 08 12:25 pm Link I use the 16 channel ones I got off Ebay, less than $30.00 with shipping and they work fine. Jan 28 08 12:29 pm Link Dig. Plus Photo wrote: No experience with the cheap remotes. PocketWizards have been quite reliable. Jan 28 08 12:30 pm Link We use pocket Wizards - the Industry standard and a great product. You can have chips put straight into your flash meter and some cameras. Much more reliable and flexible than others I've used. Neil Jan 28 08 12:34 pm Link I have the cheapies from China but they are the pass-through ones so I don't need batteries for the receivers. If you get some, get the receivers that don't require batteries, much less hassle. ebay has them all over the place. Jan 28 08 12:35 pm Link Earth Bound Art wrote: That's the setup I was interested in until I found that it doesn't support the D70. WTF??? Jan 28 08 12:38 pm Link Bees...Cheap and will take a beating... I've had one transmitter and four receivers for a little over 1-1/2 years with no issues and they have been through a lot. Jan 28 08 12:46 pm Link photodorset wrote: The similarity between a car remote and the transmitters for the Ebay slaves is undeniable. Jan 28 08 02:05 pm Link Doug Harvey wrote: Only drawback with those is 120 VAC receiver power, making them of limited value to strobists. Jan 28 08 02:07 pm Link I really think it all boils down to this. If you are on a shoestring budget or just starting out, the Chinese units work just fine and hundreds of photographers on MM are using them with good luck. If you got the bucks or in a situation where you can't have a false trigger, go for the Pocket Wizard. They really will take a beating and will be less prone to a false trigger. Jan 28 08 02:11 pm Link L Cowles Photography wrote: I totally agree.T Jan 28 08 02:17 pm Link L Cowles Photography wrote: The construction of a PW does not suggest it could take much of a beating. Jan 28 08 02:41 pm Link |
