To put this in to perspective you are asking the question in the first place because it appears you wasted your money on cheap radio triggers. As I said, I was just trying to save you some money.
If high-speed sync combined with manual remote control via radio are your primary needs then Radio Poppers would be what I\'d recommend. They just relay the Canon optical signals so there is no learning curve. The Pocket Wizard folks are a more reliable company than the RP start-up, but their offering \'re-invents the wheel\' of Canon wireless and is far more complicated (I\'ve read the manuals) and from reports I\'ve read far less reliable than the RP offering.
FWIW - I think its funny you accuse me of being condescending when you follow up and say things like \"i have no interest in the canon system since that forces me to have a flash on the camera (wastes a flash, adds weight and adds no benefit). \" Its also unfortunate having to respond to broadsides from the peanut gallery about the use of neutral fill not being \"professional\". But that\'s par for the course on the internet.
I\'ve found in the long run tasks are easier when you have many different tools available and can use the one offering the best balance of results and convenience for each job. I learned also its better to buy quality gear than mess around with the FleaBay stuff. Condescending? No. just advice from someone who learned the same way you have that one gets what one pays for.
The reason I traded in my Vivitar flashes for 580ex was because like you I wanted to use the high-speed sync feature of Canon flash so I could shoot with wide apertures outdoors with my Canon camera. I\'d been spoiled by previous using a Minolta which has an EVF and no x-sync limit. But when I bought my 580ex flashes I also bought a set of Pocket Wizards on the same order to cover all the bases. But after exploring what the Canons could do I found little need to use the PW, especially indoors. But I don\'t try to make them into studio lights. I already had set of studio lights for studio work, and I don\'t mind using a flash bracket for location shooting. Works for me. YMMV.
Chuck
Nov 12, 2009 at 08:04 AM
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