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Battlecat
02-21-2004, 08:11 PM
How much is it for one?

Does it come with something to make you camera trigger it or do you need to buy a certain camera?



B-Rad
02-21-2004, 08:19 PM
you need to buy a certain camera
blinded
02-21-2004, 08:23 PM
You do not need to buy a certain camera, so I dunno where that guy is coming from.

Anyways, there are different kinds, radio slaves, just regular cable doohickeys, and such. You are looking into spending alot of bling for a radio slave setup.

www.bhphoto.com
Battlecat
02-21-2004, 08:28 PM
Thanx Brad, you are a huge help seeing taht you dont know about anything that comes out of your mouth:D

thanx blinded:thepimp:
J dot
02-21-2004, 10:08 PM
why not get a real camera before a remote flash ?
scottvelez
02-21-2004, 10:28 PM
Originally posted by BP
How much is it for one?

Does it come with something to make you camera trigger it or do you need to buy a certain camera?

Radio slaves are the most flexible. Check out "pocketwizard plus" on the web. All you need is a camera with a flash sync port or a flash hotshoe on top. All the SLR's have these and some of the point and shoot cameras.
h4mst3r
02-21-2004, 11:51 PM
pocket wizards are sweet
Battlecat
02-22-2004, 12:23 AM
Originally posted by J dot
why not get a real camera before a remote flash ?

Thats what i plan on doing

I am not going to get one soon, I was jsut wondering about them because they are sweet. I plan to get a digital SLR then hopefully get a remote flash for it. Next yera maybe. I might get a new video camera instead though.
h4mst3r
02-22-2004, 01:26 AM
yes what is your current setup
Battlecat
02-22-2004, 10:54 AM
i jsut have a canon Powershot A70
wgchase
02-22-2004, 02:34 PM
dont get canons infrared system( at least for outdoor stuff) I got it and have been wanting to stomp it into the ground. I just ordered 4 pocket wizards and Ill be able to give you a report on those in a week or so:D :D
Bryce
02-23-2004, 03:22 PM
there are also cheap optical slaves ($40 or so) that are triggered by the flash on your camera.

Radio is the way to go though if you have the $
scottvelez
02-23-2004, 05:52 PM
but they don't work very well... which is why everyone eventually buys radio slaves.

save yourself some money and buy the radio slaves first.
SR!
02-23-2004, 11:36 PM
Originally posted by scottv
but they don't work very well... which is why everyone eventually buys radio slaves.

save yourself some money and buy the radio slaves first.

I understand your point and do agree that eventually radio is the way to go, but wasting money isn't really an issue with optical slaves. I mean an optical hotshoe adapter is real cheap and it's a good way to get a little practice in before dropping the coin for a raido setup