PocketWizard FlexTT5 - Transceiver de Rádio Escravo para Sistema Canon E-TTL II

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

For the first time with out using big light, just my little 430exII speedlite, I was able to take picture at noon, making them look as it it was 4pm.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

All I can say is that this is a cleaner TTL transmitter than the radiopopper versions.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

I bought two flex TT5 transceiver radio slave and a TT1 transmitter that I placed on the hot shoe of my camera as the transmitter. The system was suprisingly easy to set up. Together they worked flawlessly with My Canon 5D Mark II. The distance of the TT1 transmitter to the TT5 transceiver ranging from 2 feet to 50 feet. The only issue I had with the system is the hot shoe connector plates are made of a cheap plastic which broke on both of my TT5 after a wind gust tipped my light stands each with a TT5 attached to a 580EX evan though I caught them in midair. The fact that the temperature was 30 degrees may have been a factor. Luckily the TT5 were under warranty and Pocket wizard repaired them with a total turn around time of less than one week. Now I am very cautious when I use then. I would have given the TT5 five stars it the hot shoe connector plate was stronger.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Have wanted such flash capability since my first flash picture with a 35mm. Since my intro to DSL photography much more so.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

I use this product in studio on Canon 1D but also in outdoors with a 5d MK II. But last and not least, it works perfecltly as flash trigger or receiver with my Fujifilm X100

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Great unit, works great as manufacture describe !!

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

I use 3 Fles TT5's with my canon 580exii and my 4330exii as well on 3 Promaster 300C's. The integrated high speed sync is perfect and the range fantastic.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Syncs my lights with my camera perfectly. No more wires.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Easy to use - made all my photography ten times better! Easy of use, battery life and quality are all a ten!

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

I use this Pocket Wizard almost everyday. I shoot Landscapes to portraits and it is a key tool to my photography. I wish the battery life was alittle better though but only matters when your trying to take photos from far away.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Setup two flextt5, AC3 and the mini. With two 430exii I love them I shipped my radio poppers back 2day after using them and got this set up. I really can't speak for others but Im happy with mines so far.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

In theory, these things would be magnificent! I bought 3 and the the AC3 zone controller last week. Needless to say, they performed exactly as everyone said; shoddy at best. The flashes fired about 80% of the time and 30% of the shots that fired were 3 stops overexposed. YES, I followed to the letter what the PocketWizard tutorials laid out for us to do, shooting in aperture priority, full manual, putting the dumb sock they provided on my flash units, you name it. I decided that it wasn't worth the hassle and potential disaster at my weddings, so I returned all 4 units for a full refund.
When they get these things to finally work properly, and don't charge us a fortune for each unit, I will be the first in line for them!!!

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

ETTL work good in daylight

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

I purchased two FlexTT5 and one MiniTT1 about a year ago.
At first I was surprised how cheaply build are those units. PW used cheap, easy to crack plastic and flimsy switches in very expensive product. Just disrespecting buyer.
But I was positive. I have two 580EXII so I had to use additional filter between flash and FlexTT5 and special sock over the flash. It creates very bulky combination.
I made mistake by using cold shoe to mount this setup on light stand. When I was moving the lights, plastic PW cracked and whole system fell on the ground...
I expected limited range due to RF interference from flash but it wasn't problem because I have always flash close to me.
In practice it wasn't that good any more. I have many misshots. Flash exposure was unpredictable. I had many missyncs as well.
I still use this radios to trigger the flashes but I set them up manually.
TTL:
The whole PocketWizard TTL system is a mistake. It's wortless to use TTL on static object, because it's easy to set up light manually. And for moving objects the TTL is unreliable.
In the feature I would buy some cheaper triggers.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

Essential for off camera flash at receptions. It allows me to use other flash systems and my on-camera flash, as well as AF assistance, as I have a canon camera, and that isn't standard in the camera.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

This PW is very reliable and universal

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

*** Pro ***
- Well-build compare to Pocketwizard Plus II
- Doesn't require Mini Phono Plug to Female Hot Shoe for flash (it is a major advantage; Pocketwizard Plus II couldn't communicate via Min Phono something)
- HighSpeedSync
- HyperSync up to 1000 on Alien Bees (light becomes uneven if sync over 1000)
- Update firmware and setting via PC
- Mix with my old Plus IIs

*** Con ***
- Expensive
- Twice the size and the weight of TT1

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

These units should never have been released. It's so evident that they were released in a rush, to answer the competition from Radiopoppers. I hate to pay full price to be a beta tester. I have never ever owned a piece of equipment that has, on so many occasions, made me look so stupid in front of my clients. Now on firmware version 6, I no longer buy the argument that firmware upgrades will fix the issues. When after so long time and so many firmware upgrades the products are still this flakey, then there must be more to it than that. Usually works when testing at home, but not out on assignments. My only theory as to why this is so is that they must be extremely sensitive to RF noise, so maybe they are knocked out by wi-fi signals in the offices where I regularly do corporate photoshoots. I don't know, and I don't really care anymore. I will not bring my PW's on another shoot. I even traded in two of my 580EXII's for 430EXII's to avoid the dreaded RF issues, but no luck. Some improvement, but still totally unreliable. I have totally lost my confidence in LPA and will not buy any of their products again until they publicly apologize, recall all the faulty units out there and refund people's money. That's how bad it is.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

use in event photography & family portraits

had a few mis-fires but had to get use to re-setting after each shut down.

Comments about PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Canon E-TTL II System:

First, let me start off by saying that I do really like this system but it does have it's limitations.Before purchasing (3) FlexTT5, (1) MiniTT1 and (1) AC3 Zone Controller, I did lots of research on wireless TTL triggers and of course like many of us, the main comparison was between PocketWizard and RadioPoppers. I literally spent a good month of weighing the pros and cons of both system and concluded that BOTH were really good systems. Ideally, if you could just merge the two you would have the ultimate solution. Of course, this is merely a fantasy. So after a weighing the pros and cons I went with the PocketWizards. As we all know (or should know) the Flex and Mini system have an issue with the radio noise of a few popular Canon Speedlites (580EX, 580EX II and 480EX). Of course I only own 580EX II's so I was at a disadvantage from the start. However, the interference issues are only at distances over 30 feet. Since I shoot mostly portrait and product stuff, 30ft is a fair distance... especially since I was already using a 32ft ETTL cord. Well, I put the system to the test and sure enough, 30ft was maximum distance I could get. With the system setup in my house, once I exceeded 30 feet the system was very erratic and misfired a lot. BUT... then I installed the AC5 soft shield (which is included with the FlexTT5). Well, my house was too small to fully test the system as I easily exceeded 30ft, so I moved my test outside to a wide open field in a local park. Low and behold, I easily exceeded the 30ft limitation and was able to trigger the system as far away as 200ft! Now I do understand that the RadioPoppers are good for about 1500ft, which is amazing, but who shoots that far? that's 5 football fields! I'll never need that range. You may... but I certainly do not. Now, throw in the AC3 Zone Controller and the system becomes VERY versatile. The ability to control 3 zones in ANY combination of ETTL or Manual... right from the top of the camera is a fair trade off for the distance thing. Sure you can do sort of the same thing with RadioPopper PX system, via a camera mounted master flash and the Canon A:B:C method. But, it's not nearly as versatile as the AC3 and not as easy to access as the AC3. Another great advantage over the RadioPopper system is that you can easily update the firmware and software via the USB port on each unit. Hopefully the will develop some update that will rectify the interference issue.THE BOTTOM LINE: The PocketWizard Flex and Mini system is quite versatile, but does lack a bit on the reliability end. Having to add the AC5 soft shield can be a bit annoying by limiting your access to the flash controls, but you should not need access if you are using the AC3 Zone Controller. The system can be affected by ambient radio noise and occasionally misfires. For the money, this system should work flawlessly. The truth is... it works ALMOST flawlessly. I can live with it's limitations, because the trade-off is flexibility.The best article that I've read about the Flex system and it's distance limitations is here: [@]