PocketWizard PWP-TR 801-125 PLUS II Transceiver - Black
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of PocketWizard PWP-TR 801-125 PLUS II Transceiver - Black
Customer Review: Works great, not durable.
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been using my PocketWizards for a year and a half now. Rock solid reliability, Does everything you ask of it, longer range than any competing project.
However, they have a serious problem with physical design.-- of my three PW+II's, two of them have broken hotshoe feet. The foot is made with a seam in the middle, and both times, the foot has broken right along that seam. Partially, that's because they use plastic for the feet, and partially, because their plastic feet are thinner than say, the ones on my actual flashes, but mainly, it's because of that seam-- I've never seen anything like it on any other hotshoe mountable device.
I'm fortunate that only one of my PW's needs to be mounted on camera, and that the others are hung off studio lights, but now I worry that the third one could go at any time.
Customer Review: Pocket Wizzard
Summary: 3 Stars
What Amazon isn't telling you here you need 2 of these units to make it work. One for the camera and one to go at the light head. SO.....now your price is $169.00 x 2 which is 338 plus tax and shipping.....A little eye opener from $169.00. The unit that Calumet Camera sells, Light Lynx, both units and cord for under $250. Yes I know Alien Bees is $160 for the whole magilla, but when you need stuff in a heart beat I'd rather buy locally, support the local economy, and have the local support should something go wrong. Alien Bees is in Tennessee, Amazon isn't your tech support hot spot for these units and Pocket Wizard doesn't have retail outlets. So is it worth the extra $40 to buy locally and have the support or buy from a box house and take you chances.Customer Review: A may be for Canon...
Summary: 2 Stars
The Good: Easy configuration, Decent range, Works like a charm (as a trigger) with outlet powered strobes.
The Bad: Cheap construction ($20 dollar radio toy sets @ Wal-Mart have better construction), shorter battery life (for max range and reliability), reliability is very low with Canon speed lights (in my case 580 Ex II), No TTL handling (just a trigger), will have to spend another couple hundred bucks on a light meter for accurate exposures, does not come with any carrying case/pouch (a must for such a cheap constructed expansive piece of a device). Will have to buy the right cables/adopters to make the right connection (only comes with one tiny PC connection cord).
Customer Review: Expensive but it works.
Summary: 5 Stars
These triggers are extremely expensive but they are in industry standard. If you talk to any professional photographer they use Pocketwizards. If you want to be taken seriously then you must own at least a few. Amazingly enough even on Ebay used Pocketwizards go for abou 90% of the retail price. To me its just better to pay full retail and get the 3 year warranty. An ideal setup is pocketwizards and then use a Sekonic Light Meter with built in Pocketwizard transmitter. It allows you to fire the strobes up to 100feet from the meter. This keeps you from tripping on codes and most sync cables are 10ft. Pocketwizards are made in the USA which is great in these difficult economic times.Customer Review: 100% Success Rate 100% Of The Time
Summary: 5 Stars
I Use this on my AlienBee 1600 Studio flash and its shocking how accurate this thing is. I've used it with my Canon 40d and just started taking tons of pics in rapid succession (Like 3-5+ pics per second for like 10 seconds) and the PocketWizard fired my flash 100% of the time, zero problems. Unlike my old cheap $30 fleabay triggers which only worked about 75-85% of the time. These Pocket Wizards are the industry standard for professionals. Use these and not the new PocketWizards (until they work the bugs out of the new ones). On my most recent professional shoot I didnt miss a single shot thanks to the awesome Pocket Wizards Plus II transceiver. Awesome product, no complaints.