Thanks for the info about Microsync slaves. I'd never heard of them.
That caused me to go to B&H and do a search on radio slaves
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/shop/8007/Slave_Units_Accessories_Radio_Infrared_Slaves.html>
which returned that and some other brands I knew about but had forgotten
about. Strangely, the Elinchrom line doesn't show up although B&H sells
them. There are also some relabeled Chinese models there (Impact,
Photogenic, Speedotron) you can buy on ebay (without the relabel) for a
fraction of the B&H price.
I do like my Sekonic L-358 very much except that the shutter
speed/aperture/ISO dial turns the wrong way. I bought it from B&H at a
time that Sekonic was having a sale that included the Pocket Wizard
transmitter module. But I have never been willing to spring for the
cost of Pocket Wizards. I have used it a number of times with borrowed
Pocket Wizards and it works fine but doesn't have the full range of a
Pocket Wizard transmitter. I've read on more than one occasion that the
range is only about 30 feet but Sekonic claims up to 100 feet and I'm
sure I've gotten it to work OK in an unobstructed area at probably close
to that.
But the cheap ebay slaves, while not as convenient, work just as well
within their range. Just use the short PC cord that comes with the
radio slaves to attach the transmitter to the PC socket on the flash meter.
Dr. Flash
Daniel Sepke wrote:
> James,
>
> I have been very happy with the performance of the Microsync system. I have
> two triggers and two receivers so I have backups when out in the field but I
> have not needed it yet, I actually use both receivers most of the time now.
> Though I haven't done formal distance checking I can say that in real world
> use I have been able to trigger consistently through three walls within
> buildings for a total distance was maybe 50 feet. I have not had misfires
> other than failing to fully push the trigger on to the hot shoe (aka
> operator error).
>
> Other options outside the Pocket Wizard hegemony are include the Radio Slave
> system from Quantum and the Elinchrom system (which has some out of this
> world features).
>
> None of the above have the cross product support that the Pocket Wizard
> system has. For example some Sekonic meters have optional radio transmitter
> modules and there is at least one monoblock flash system with built in RX. I
> recently wrote to Sekonic asking if they would be supporting other flash
> trigger systems but the disappoint reply was a big "no" on the grounds that
> Pocket Wizard was the best and most popular (the chap did also note that
> they were part of the same family of brands...). Sad really as I would
> upgrade my L-308 in a heartbeat to the model that Chuck likes a lot if they
> did support other trigger options.
>
> HTH, Dan S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of James R
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:00 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Another oboy Hong Kong good guy
>
>
> I meant to reply to this one yesterday, but I think I was so bamboozled by
> the link and that it actually worked that I forgot.
>
> My question was and is, is there any radio flash slave currently on offer
> between these hacked garage door openers and the Pocket Wizards?
> There are others I've seen, but they seem to be designed to work with a
> specific brand of studio flash. I'm looking for a bit more range.
>
> James
>
>
> On 4 Mar 2008, at 02:08, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I decided to buy another radio flash slave and ended up going with
>> seller AlpineTopLine for this item
>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320218731122&ru=ht
>> tp%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fws%2Fsearch%2FSaleSearch%3Fsofocus%3
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>> 26dfsp%3D1%26from%3DR6%26nojspr%3Dy%26pfid%3D0%26fswc%3D1%26few%3D%26s
>> aprclo%3D%26saprchi%3D%26fss%3D0%26saslop%3D1%26sasl%3D%26fls%3D4%2526
>> floc%253D1%26sargn%3D-1%2526saslc%253D0%26salic%3D1%26saatc%3D1%26sadi
>> s%3D200%26fpos%3D13760%26fsct%3D%26sacur%3D0%26sacqyop%3Dge%26sacqy%3D
>> %26sabfmts%3D0%26saobfmts%3Dexsif%26ftrt%3D1%26ftrv%3D1%26sabdlo%3D%26
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>> 253D1%26fcl%3D3%26frpp%3D50%26fvi%3D1
>> The price was lower than I would have imagined a few months ago and it
>> arrived from Hong Kong 11 days after auction end. Works fine, well
>> packed and came with a $5 off coupon for a purchase of $20 or more
>> from
>> his website AlpineTop.com. But I think I'll stay away from there.
>> The
>> prices seem very inflated relative to auction prices. Anyhow, it was
>> a good bay transaction.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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