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Save Money or Buy Pocket Wizard system?
I shoot primarily at home, and mostly in portrait mode. I have 2 Nikon SB-800s and 1 SB-700. I fire them remote and am comfortable with the Nikon CLS system. Although the distances are short, there are some challenges. Camera is Nikon D7000.
Using the pop-up flash as the Commander to trigger the remotes is dicey when the camera is orientated in portrait mode. The pop up is to the left and blocked by the body and lens from any remote flashes off the right.
And I often place the flashes in lightstands and inside of softboxes. The red plastic sensor windows on the flashes are buried inside. I am real busy managing the shot and don't always know if the 2 or 3 remote flashes fire or not. I never got the part about the little beep noises.
My work consists primarily in shooting my wife's paintings before she ships them out to clients. She needs an accurate record for her portfolio.
I am not being paid. In the future I may consent to doing a wedding (which I've done countless times before). But I'm over 70 and not physically up to it. What PW units would I need, and how much would they cost me? Is it worth it compared to the IR triggers of CLS?
Comments
Rudy
With PocketWizards, you need a MiniTT1 or FlexTT5 and a speedlight on your camera to serve as Commander. In this configuration, you dial your remote speedlight settings into the speedlight, and the PocketWizard transmits the information to the remote flashes.
If you don't want to mount a flash on your Commander, you would need to buy a AC3 Zonecontroller to take place of the flash.
Each remote flash needs a FlexTT5.
From your given equipment, your set-ups could be as follows:
Setup 1
1 MiniTT1 - Sits on your camera; Your SB-700 sits on the MiniTT1 as the Commander flash
2 FlexTT5 - One for each SB-800
Total cost: About $650 USD
Setup 2
1 MiniTT1 - Sits on your camera
1 AC3 ZoneController - Sits on top of the MiniTT1. This takes the place of flash sitting on your camera, unless you need a flash on your camera for additional lighting
3 FlexTT5 - One for each of your three flashes
Total cost: About $740 USD
Rudy
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