Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

Use in portrait work, easy to use.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

It has always been possible to do difficult lighting--but taking the time to do it pretty well trashes the communication with the sitter--which is all you really have to photograph.--But the Skyport Speed Transmitter lets you change the power setting on each individual strobe (at 1/10 f stop intervals) from the camera--while (particularly if you are tethered to your laptop and using Lightroom) you are taking the pictures and seeing the results in real time. Back in the old days the long interval between what you did, and when you saw the results contributed heavily to the steep learning curve in photography. The Elinchrom Skyport goes a long ways towards making this a thing of the past.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

Easy to use. Very reliable.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

This being the first transmitter that I have used makes it difficult to give a thorough evaluation, however there is one minor flaw that prevents me from giving a five star rating. The button that allows you to select between a specific group or all the lights being fired does not definitively click into place at the correct spot. This means that I must be very attentive to the setting or remove it from the camera to check the setting. Perhaps this is only my transmitter that has that annoying quirk, but it is annoying none the less.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

Great size compact easy to use

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I love Elinchrom lighting and was using this with the Ranger Quadra portable system. It worked perfectly for 6 months until it just suddenly stopped working during a wedding. I currently have it out for repair and are having issues with [...]as they have apparently lost the item. Hopefully that can be worked out. I'd advise getting an extended warranty on this as it feels cheap and vulnerable. I took GREAT care with it and even stored it in it's padded case inside my padded camera bag to no avail. Much cheaper that Pocket Wizards and unfortunately I now see the reason why that is.

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I brought the elinchrom bxi5oo kit, and the older transmitter have a design problem that will leet it keeping falling from the camera. So, after put the pieces left in the garbage, i ordered this one. Looks more rigd and safer in the camera.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

Change the out put of you'r strobes from camera position. Works as advertised.

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I love this transmitter so much that I bought another one just to hang on my neck for triggering the lights for the meter. It's very easy to control the individual light output of each group making the metering process very quick and efficient.

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I use this to fire my BX500Ri speed lights and it works prefect

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

Works extremely well with the skyport system. Better design than the older model.

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I had to replace my elinchrom el-skyport transmitter of only 2 months (discontinued model) because it fell off the camera. This new speed transmitter is much improved with a more durable construction and proper lock nut for the hot shoe. additionally the power indicator light is a great bonus to remind the user to turn off. this is combined with much better flush mount control buttons, auto turn off and great speed control options. Elinchrom really woke up quickly to the older units flaws and replaced it recently with this trigger. It is totaly backwards compatible to the elinchrom line of recievers, transmitters and trancievers and flash units.
I use this transmitter to fire my ranger RX strobes and with another receiver to fire my 580 EX speed-lights and slaves. It make for a great set up to on the fly switch between groups of flashes as well as control the power of my Ranger RX from the camera.

Comments about Elinchrom Skyport SPEED Transmitter:

I have been using the first version on my Nikon D700 and from day one it would not work right with out hooking the wire from it to the camera. I used it this way for over a year with the Quadra flash set up. This new version now works on my D700 with out the wire as it should. They should of just send me and others this as a replacement for the first one that had problems. But now that i have this one it dose work good.

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This is a second Skyport transmitter for an existing set of one transmitter and two receivers. I've only had occasion to us this one once, but it worked flawlessly as does the first. This is a new version of an existing product [...]