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PocketWizard MiniTT vs Phottix Odin for HSS

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Bosman:
My Pocketwizard Mini tt & Flexes got returned a couple months ago. I event had them ship me brand new ones, same prob. Very inconsistant. I couldn't rely on them for critical portrait work. Doing over id do Odins until i could switch to the Canon Wireless. Right now i am using my old Pocket Wizard Plus II's and they never let me down. Yes, i use a light meter for shooting with those but they are very reliable.

swrightgfx:
Personally, I'd go for Pixel King. They generally offer the same support but not at ridiculous prices. After all, none of them are built to take much of a beating...

wickidwombat:

--- Quote from: Viggo on June 25, 2012, 05:24:11 AM ---I got my 580's to sync at 1/400s (with proper SYNC, not Highspeed) with the Flex system from Pocket Wizard, which was frikkin awesome!! The problems was that they were useless in everywhich way when it comes to taking them out of the bag and trying to get them to trigger, plus, the 1/400s HSS was only at 1/1 output. But it worked great and the Odin's doesn't have an option like this at all, and if I go up to 1/400s on them, it's like on camera and every other trigger, you get zero power.

I use to 580's in 60x90 softbox with each it's own CP-E4 pack, and if I go past 1/200s sync, I get no power. I usually use my flashes at near full power, so I don't have anything to work with if I go over to HS.

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I dont quite get what you are saying here, the odins will let you fire any flash at up to 1/8000 sec at full power including 580s

pwp:
The Odins sound like awesome value for most HSS requirements, but what interests me is the Optimized HSS promised by Pocket Wizard http://www.pocketwizard.com/inspirations/technology/fp_sync_hss/

Quote from Pocket Wizard website:

"But HSS is a battery hog as it needs a lot of power to pulse the light.  Through extensive experimentation, we found a way to reduce the total power used while giving you more power, and thus more light, when you need it. This means more light (which equals greater working distance), faster recycling times and more flashes per battery set when shooting in Canon's HSS/FP Flash mode.
Because the new MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceiver communicate through-the-shoe with the camera system, they can control the HSS burst duration.  By precisely matching flash duration to the shutter speed, large gains in efficiency are found, as much as 70% in many cases, for both remote and on-camera flashes."

This is the function that really in interests me. Is anyone successfully using the MiniTT or FlexTT5 specifically for this function?

PW

Bosman:
I wouldnt do PW unless you are using Nikon my friend.

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