Ben Rubinstein
Active member
Hi,
I just spent £800 on Pocket Wizards. I'd given up on ebay slaves and the elinchrom skyports have a reputation for the antenna breaking off. Not really much other choice in the UK for reliable radio slaves with a UK frequency.
I just bought a 1Ds mkIII at the same time and was commenting to a friend that I really need new strobes, my alien bees are dying but it would have to wait after all this expenditure. It then occured to me that I could have bought new strobes for the price of these pocket wizards! I've avoided Elinchrom in the past. The new BXRi's were out of my current price range (I need 4 heads) and I once bought a D-lite only to send it back 30 minutes later having found it cheaply made to the point that I couldn't live with it.
Many years on and we now have the new D-lite 'it' models. Built far tougher, built in skyport reciever, fan, new universal brolly bracket (no having to buy elinchrom only), proportional modelling light, control of power from the camera in 3 different groups. Oh and the price of 4 heads is just £200 more than those pocket wizards I bought.
Here's the thought. Sell the pocket wizards, I got them at the 'Focus' trade show cheaper than retail so should be able to break even at least. Sell my Alien Bees which although half are knackered, should cover the difference at least (one is brand new), buy new strobes with reliable radio slaves built in and get two new thingies (strobe/slave) for the price I'd paid for one (slave alone). Being built in these skyports neither have the annoying battery system of their external brothers or the antenna issue.
Thoughts?
I just spent £800 on Pocket Wizards. I'd given up on ebay slaves and the elinchrom skyports have a reputation for the antenna breaking off. Not really much other choice in the UK for reliable radio slaves with a UK frequency.
I just bought a 1Ds mkIII at the same time and was commenting to a friend that I really need new strobes, my alien bees are dying but it would have to wait after all this expenditure. It then occured to me that I could have bought new strobes for the price of these pocket wizards! I've avoided Elinchrom in the past. The new BXRi's were out of my current price range (I need 4 heads) and I once bought a D-lite only to send it back 30 minutes later having found it cheaply made to the point that I couldn't live with it.
Many years on and we now have the new D-lite 'it' models. Built far tougher, built in skyport reciever, fan, new universal brolly bracket (no having to buy elinchrom only), proportional modelling light, control of power from the camera in 3 different groups. Oh and the price of 4 heads is just £200 more than those pocket wizards I bought.
Here's the thought. Sell the pocket wizards, I got them at the 'Focus' trade show cheaper than retail so should be able to break even at least. Sell my Alien Bees which although half are knackered, should cover the difference at least (one is brand new), buy new strobes with reliable radio slaves built in and get two new thingies (strobe/slave) for the price I'd paid for one (slave alone). Being built in these skyports neither have the annoying battery system of their external brothers or the antenna issue.
Thoughts?