-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valencic Miha Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: eBay wireless remotes and our EOS gear
All, a week or so ago I received wireless remote trigger (for flash) from China. Although they said they will ship it from Helsinki. :) Anyway, not to bore you with details. The short version: they work and they are a lot cheaper than Pocket Wizzards. For fooling around, playing, etc, they look good. For professional use, I would buy half dosen, just to be on the safe side. :) This is no ST-E2 of course, but makes certain situations less complicated. I tested them with EOS 30D, Sigma 500 Super and a 220 V strobe triggered via PC-Sync cable. You can read more about it here: http://www.mihavalencic.com/?p=57 Miha Hi Miha et. All, I've been using these things professionally for many years now. When I first came across them it was at the Buena Park camera show well over 2 1/2 maybe almost 3 years ago they were $65 for one set or two sets for $100 CASH. Not being a dummy I bought a pair of them, afterall where else can you get a radio trigger setup for $50 a set? A little later Speedotron picked them up and now they are $100 a set! There are only two things I don't like about them the weird 1/2 AAA 12 Volt battery in the transmitter and the limited range over my Pocket Wizard Plus II transceivers. I usually buy the little 12volt battery form Mouser or some other big electronics parts house and the 100% reliable range is O.K. if you have fresh batteries and are working inside 50-60ft. or so. If you get much past 50-60ft. you can sometimes get misfires unless both transmitter and receiver batteries are fresh and you are in an area with no radio frequency noise. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
