Comments on: review: RadioPoppers

By: Sheri Johnson

Sheri Johnson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:35:43 +0000

What a great review.

By: Mac Swift

Mac Swift — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:04:02 +0000

Neil,
Have you tried the PX’s yet? I am about to take the plunge on these and I am just wondering what your thoughts were.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:49:36 +0000

Stephen .. I did get a set of the new Radio Poppers, but haven’t had the time to even take them out of the box! Soon. : )

Neil vN

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:40:34 +0000

Neil,
Have you any experience with the second generation RadioPoppers (the PX system)?
http://www.radiopopper.com/products/

It looks like they have done away with the fiber optic cord on the receiver. They seem to have a trade-up offer too, so you might be able to get credit for your P1 units.

By: anson

anson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:53:14 +0000

hi neil,

great review, better start saving up for these beauties…

just wanted to write to thank you and i learned a lot from you regarding flash photography!!! a big help to me. again, a big thanks!

By: Andrea Deminge

Andrea Deminge — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:01:29 +0000

Please!!! Por favor, en españollll!!!!!
Entiendo muy poco ingles y tu pagina me parece muy interesante!!!

ESPAÑOL

THANKS

ANDREA

By: Gromitch

Gromitch — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:09:58 +0000

Good review! Very bad, that RP’s are only in US version and I cannot by them in Russia…

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:29:06 +0000

Joe ..

I do think that anyone who is used to controlling manual off-camera flash via Pocket Wizards (or other radio slaves), and can get great results every time, will be less drawn to the Radio Poppers.

But for anyone who has dabbled with Wireless TTL, the Radio Poppers will free them up from the line-of-sight requirements that the usual Wireless TTL setups requre. So the Radio Poppers will be exactly what they have been looking for to give them reliability there.

I haven’t tried them to control additional lighting in reception rooms yet. I’m too used to my Q-flashes there.

Neil vN

By: joe

joe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:30:21 +0000

i have been waiting for this review, from a working pro who used them to expand their creativity using the technology. i have been hesitant to invest in them as they add another layer of technology between the trigger and the final image. my question is bridal portraits aside do they have other reliable uses? can you take 3-4 speed lights and put them in a reception room and control them reliably?

i equate the RP’s to the video light craze, highly specialized situational lighting that’s expensive, and in this case, sometimes unreliable.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:32:41 +0000

Hi Neil,

I’m just curious why you use an Apollo instead of a Halo. Wouldn’t the Halo be softer because the flash is a lot further from the front diffuser than it is in the Apollo? Also, with the Halo Mono, the flash is outside the box so it’s easier to adjust (which wouldn’t matter when using Radio Poppers, but would with manual flash triggered by a PW.) Just curious!

Bill