Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

For the money this little light will do just what I wanted it to do.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

I only need fill light occasionally, the flash trigger works well. These units have no adjustment so they are full flash every time, I new that when I bought them. They do exactly what I ask of them. Only about 4-5 sec. to recharge. Not bad.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

A great value and adds some back light when needed. It's a little retro looking but does exactly what it is designed to do. I added a layer of diffusion paper over the flash to soften the light and take this flash to every wedding I shoot.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

I use the product every day and I like the easy handling and the functional equipment. [...]. I would recommend this seller to everybody because the price also was terrific low.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Small, compact and gives a punch to the background shadows, can be mounted on a mini tripod or use the clip to sit it on the floor. Only needs to see the flash of the main lights to go off. Only problem its that its a full flash every time but that little thing can be worked around

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

use this product as a fill flash. works great!

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

I bought this as a companion to my first off-camera speedlight (an SB-900). For the price (<$25), it was worth a try and I'm happy with it.

Simple to use:
- Add batteries (4x AA's)
- Flip the 'On' switch
- Let the capacitor charge (~5-6 seconds)
- Pop off another flash and it will fire

The PG250S sports a little wire stand on the bottom to give it some angle when used on it's own. The side of the unit has a cold-shoe mount to give you the option of attaching it to a flash bracket. And if that wasn't enough, there is a 1/4-20 mount on the underside to attach the unit to an available tripod (or in my case a JOBY GorillaPod).

Add a few pieces of velcro and trim some filters to give you control over the output power and light color and this is a pretty capable $25 accessory.

Con - it is full-power output only, so every time it fires, you have to wait the 5-6 seconds for the cap to recharge.

If Smith-Victor is reading, I'd request an option to select 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 power maybe (giving faster recycle time) and maybe add a second optical trigger to the rear (or make it rotatable) so the unit can trigger from more obscure locations. I'd probably end up willing to pay more for the extras, too.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Provides the extra back light to give a nice look to the photos.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Back up flash to get away from red-eye, have put IR filter over FZ18 flash and use slave for lighting instead .

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

rim flash

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

I use it as a rim light with a snoot. If you position it right to receive light from another off-camera flash you can get decent results. Had to play with the shutter speed to get it in the exposure every time - for me 1/250sec works good. I wish the sensor was mounted differently(rotating?). Can't commplain - for the $$ and size it is what expected.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

works well, triggers consistently

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Puts a cool backlight on the subject. Need to use it in a controlled environment and shoot to work effectively!

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

This is a simply perfect and inexpensive slave to complement my Smith-Victor KF-2U Thrifty Flash Kit. I'm currently using it on a mini tripod but intend to obtain a small boom & stand ASAP to make best use of it. I don't experience any hotspotting with a simple white hankerchief thrown over it.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

fires when it should, always in full power though

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

It is a bargain, but the recycling time is too long for me, about 5 sec humm

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Very affordable fill, and small so it takes up very little space. Had to try these after reading David Ziser's "Captured By The Light" A very nice addition to the bag.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

Great for just a little backlighting. The recycling time is a little slow, but not something I can't deal with

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

For the money, this little slave is an economical powerhouse. Optical sensory means line of sight to the main flash is essential, but it works well under this limitation.

Comments about Smith-Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slave Flash (Guide No. 70'/21 m):

This is a great value for the money. It flashes everytime and is very sensitive. It performs great as a backlight or a hair light. It does seem to give a bit of a shock after it's turned off and discharged from the metal plate. It's flash was a bit hot for the gel I was using with it and melted it a bit.