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p.1 #1 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

Pocketwizard announced the new Plus X transceiver. Looks quite good for $99. You can check it out on the B&H site or at Pocketwizard. There's also a brief review on the Strobist's blog.

Mar 01, 2013 at 03:43 PM

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p.1 #2 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

I can't really find any burning desire to replace my old but trusty plus II.

Mar 01, 2013 at 03:51 PM

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p.1 #3 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

For the price it looks good. Couldnt find anything but the spec on B&HPhoto PocketWizard X but that strobist blog has some good info. I might pick up a couple and see how they fare with the rest of my PW's.

Mar 01, 2013 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #4 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

I think if your wanting to get into off camera flash, these are perfect for you. They are simple and bare-bones. They come with that PW name that we all know and love. At a price tag of $99, how can you go wrong.

If you have PW 2's or 3's, why would you waste your money on them. Unless you need to replace a few trigger, I wouldn't bother. My old PW 2's have been working great for all the years that Ive owned them.

Mar 01, 2013 at 04:49 PM

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p.1 #5 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

I see that Mark Wallace is going to have a webinar on the new PlusX. Details here if interested.

Mar 01, 2013 at 05:00 PM

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p.1 #6 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

Figures. I just bought Plus IIIs.

Oh well; having the extra channels is handy in some situations and having groups is occasionally useful. C'est la vie.

Mar 01, 2013 at 06:15 PM

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p.1 #7 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

I was only interested in upgrading from the Plus 2's to the 3's just for the group feature. I never got around to doing that though.

Mar 01, 2013 at 09:19 PM

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p.1 #8 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

mshi wrote:
I can't really find any burning desire to replace my old but trusty plus II.

True, I still have IIs working along my new IIIs and soon some Xs.
Range and reliability, all I ever want now in a new low price package.

Mar 01, 2013 at 10:10 PM

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p.1 #9 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

colinm wrote:
Figures. I just bought Plus IIIs.

Oh well; having the extra channels is handy in some situations and having groups is occasionally useful. C'est la vie.

I have the III's as well and was kind of upset when I saw that these X's were $99. BUT... I like to be able to enable/disable other lights on the fly with my III's :-)

Mar 02, 2013 at 05:29 AM

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p.1 #10 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

Looks like a budget model to compete with all the cheap ebay brands. Actually a good idea, take a reliable and trust brand name and make an affordable bare bones version that just works which is all most people really need. I use Microsync triggers because they're affordable, simple, compact and I can velcro them right onto my flash heads.

Mar 03, 2013 at 01:57 AM

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p.1 #11 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

F-Stoppers has published a "mini-review" of the PlusX.

Mar 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM

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p.1 #12 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

Got one today and it is just perfect for the studio. I like the glow of the channel number that tells you its on and what channel is selected.
Simple on/off switch and that is all.
I don't even really need any other channels in the studio but it is useful when on location.

Had this come out after the IIs I would have only these. I really don't need the other features of the III but I like the range and ease of use.

Mar 13, 2013 at 05:48 AM

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p.1 #13 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

wouldn't cyber syncs do the same thing with paramount reliablity and way cheaper? and not considered a ebay item but from Paul C Buff which has a pretty good reputation? or is this simply am matter of have a " pocket wizard"

Mar 14, 2013 at 09:13 AM

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p.1 #14 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

Can I integrate the Plus X with my Flex TT5's? What would I lose by doing so?

Apr 05, 2013 at 08:23 PM

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p.1 #15 · New Pocketwizard Plus X

On my other post regarding the Sunpak/Vivitar with the Flex TT5, I noted that PW recommends this trigger as one that can trigger the two flashes mentioned remotely. Great price too compared to what I paid for the Flex!

Apr 06, 2013 at 01:40 PM

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