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[Accebera]

What's a PocketWizard?

[Saknika]

PocketWizards are remote triggers for studio lights. It's kind of like taking the flash off your camera and putting it on a big light for studio portraits, and still triggering it from your camera.

Official PocketWizard Website

[firequall]

Aug 5, 2009 10:44:19 GMT -5 Saknika said:

PocketWizards are remote triggers for studio lights. It's kind of like taking the flash off your camera and putting it on a big light for studio portraits, and still triggering it from your camera.

Official PocketWizard Website

You can also use them for external flash units. That's the only reason I want them, really.

[Saknika]

I hadn't heard of being able to use them for external flash units, that's pretty cool.

[Accebera]

Ohh. Cool.

[firequall]

Aug 5, 2009 15:22:46 GMT -5 Saknika said:

I hadn't heard of being able to use them for external flash units, that's pretty cool.

If you're a Nikon shooter, all you need for the newer flashes is a simple microphone to PC cord adapter. Canon flashes require the same, as well as a hot shoe adapter.

Further, you can use PocketWizards to trigger some high-end camera bodies. I know that you can set up newer Canon 1D with this kind of rig.

[Saknika]

Aug 5, 2009 16:37:38 GMT -5 firequall said:

Aug 5, 2009 15:22:46 GMT -5 Saknika said:

I hadn't heard of being able to use them for external flash units, that's pretty cool.

If you're a Nikon shooter, all you need for the newer flashes is a simple microphone to PC cord adapter. Canon flashes require the same, as well as a hot shoe adapter.

Further, you can use PocketWizards to trigger some high-end camera bodies. I know that you can set up newer Canon 1D with this kind of rig.

All good information to have. I don't know that I'll ever really use PocketWizards for those kinds of things though, since I generally only use strobes in the studio. So I'm only triggering my lights.