2 years ago I tried and gave up on the PW flex system because of the unreliabilty with 580ex2's due to RF interference from the flash. Anyone have any experience using the 600 with the PW flex system? I know the RT works better than the old infrared, but canon doesn't produce modules for strobes, and I always use strobes at receptions. I'd be curious to hear people's experiences with that combo as well
nikey wrote:
I guess not...when you can buy ST-E3 vs PW Flex system at small price difference.
Yeah, but there is no adapter for a strobe; PW flex has an adapter for full control of alienbees and triggers for other strobes. Canon limits you to purely flashes
I'm not using PW, but pixel king triggers.
I can fully control the flash, from ETTL to fully manual, all from the camera, including different groups. Works great.
I know a couple who are using the PW FlexTT5 and it works perfectly with the 600ex-rt.
timbop wrote:
Yeah, but there is no adapter for a strobe; PW flex has an adapter for full control of alienbees and triggers for other strobes. Canon limits you to purely flashes
You're right PW can adapt to strobes but I doubt people with multiple RT-600 would use PW to trigger them when ST-E3 is the perfect pair.
hmmm, I see the problem - I didn't really word the motivation for my question well. I am motivated to PW because I use a mix of strobes for main lighting and on-camera flash for fill
Are you looking to fire the speedlites in ttl mixed with your studio strobes? If you are going all manual in both the speedlites and studio strobes there is no need for the flex system. Your speedlites will only fire the flash at the time of exposure and not a pre-flash that would fool the slave sensors on your studio strobes. So manual is easy but mixing in ttl needs more consideration.
I have no experience with the 600ex but recently after WPPI recommitted myself to getting the Flex system to work for me ...since I owned the system for a year but given-up immediately after I bought it. I have 2 580ex's and with the use of the shield and RF foot the reliability and distance is night and day. The shield and the foot is cumbersome but I just accept the inconvenience.
I also trigger an Alien Bee at receptions but use the PW +II (not the Flex + AC9).
I would suggest looking into Nissin Digital flashes; I believe they have been proven to not have RF noise and is fully ETTL-II compatible. ...this is what I would do.
