Not sure how many of you use Nikon flash regularly, but I thought I'd share some info.
I purchased a pair of SB910's and while considering the Nikon IR communication is limited to line-of-sight, and given my needs often place portable strobes in hidden locations within a scene, I decided to go with the Pocket Wizard TT5 and TTmini radio units, along with a Pocket Wizard AC3 control module. In the simplest words, this keeps multiple Nikon TTL flashes wireless and fully TTL, as well as being able to independently adjust the TTL output of up to 3 banks of remote strobes remotely from the camera. You can leave the AC3 zeroed for full automated TTL via camera, or then adjust your lighting ratios up or down by 3 stops in 1/3 stop increments on three separate banks. You can even switch teh AC3 module to fully manual control from full power to 1/64th power and the flashes follow the command. Most important is it works as advertised, and I didn't even need to read a manual! (It's so easy, even Guy can do it :ROTFL
The hardest thing to remember is the order you need to turn everything on: Start from the top down, so turn on your Nikon strobes, then turn on the TT5 units attached to the base of the strobes -- your flashes will pulse to set to the to TT5 unit. Next turn on the TT mini on top of your camera with the AC3 unit plugged into the top of the mini, then turn on your camera. Now adjust the AC3 output banks as desired, fire away in fully controlled iTTL mode! I was nearly giggling like a little girl over how easy this makes multi-strobe TTL flash. Actually this is so cool and easy I will be adding a few more TT5 units and SB910's to my bag too
Check them out if you use camera flash, here is a link to teh PW site, a little way down are some 10 minute videos: http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/flextt5-nikon/ and for the AC3: http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/ac3 zonecontroller/
Here are the units I am talking about:
TT5: PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Nikon 801-153
TTmini: PocketWizard MiniTT1 Radio Slave Transmitter for Nikon 801-143
AC3: PocketWizard AC3 ZoneController for Nikon 804-709 B&H Photo
SB910: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...10_AF_Speedlight_i_TTL/BI/1712/KBID/2288.html
I purchased a pair of SB910's and while considering the Nikon IR communication is limited to line-of-sight, and given my needs often place portable strobes in hidden locations within a scene, I decided to go with the Pocket Wizard TT5 and TTmini radio units, along with a Pocket Wizard AC3 control module. In the simplest words, this keeps multiple Nikon TTL flashes wireless and fully TTL, as well as being able to independently adjust the TTL output of up to 3 banks of remote strobes remotely from the camera. You can leave the AC3 zeroed for full automated TTL via camera, or then adjust your lighting ratios up or down by 3 stops in 1/3 stop increments on three separate banks. You can even switch teh AC3 module to fully manual control from full power to 1/64th power and the flashes follow the command. Most important is it works as advertised, and I didn't even need to read a manual! (It's so easy, even Guy can do it :ROTFL
The hardest thing to remember is the order you need to turn everything on: Start from the top down, so turn on your Nikon strobes, then turn on the TT5 units attached to the base of the strobes -- your flashes will pulse to set to the to TT5 unit. Next turn on the TT mini on top of your camera with the AC3 unit plugged into the top of the mini, then turn on your camera. Now adjust the AC3 output banks as desired, fire away in fully controlled iTTL mode! I was nearly giggling like a little girl over how easy this makes multi-strobe TTL flash. Actually this is so cool and easy I will be adding a few more TT5 units and SB910's to my bag too
Check them out if you use camera flash, here is a link to teh PW site, a little way down are some 10 minute videos: http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/flextt5-nikon/ and for the AC3: http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/ac3 zonecontroller/
Here are the units I am talking about:
TT5: PocketWizard FlexTT5 Transceiver Radio Slave for Nikon 801-153
TTmini: PocketWizard MiniTT1 Radio Slave Transmitter for Nikon 801-143
AC3: PocketWizard AC3 ZoneController for Nikon 804-709 B&H Photo
SB910: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...10_AF_Speedlight_i_TTL/BI/1712/KBID/2288.html