I am glad they are available in the Asian Market, but I have not seen a single retailer in North America and many of the other markets.
As for the cables, doesn't bother me in the least. I have seen many different jacks on strobes, so makes it easier to allow the end consumer to buy what they need.
PC Terminal. 1/4" Phono. 1/8" mono. Elinchrom? Metz? There are a few others.
Bluetooth in general is a short distance connection. It does avoid some interference with its handshake protocol, but I also have found varying results with my connection and reliability of say my cell in my car alone, compared to in a crowded room.
The 2.4gHZ band is very crowded. My old phone and wi-fi router both were at one time 2.4 and I used to lose my connection on my laptop during calls. And again. It all depends on the scenario and set up but long and short, you are more likely to get interference from a phone, laptop, router or other device on the 2.4 ghz band. It is also one of the reason phones and other longer distance devices started to promote the 5.8 ghz and DECT bands as having "less interference" because there are less devices using them.
As far as people go and "complaints"... How many people are using Pocket Wizards vs how many people are complaining? Using Hard Drives for example... If you go out to most techincal/computer websites and look at reviews, you will see that a great many HDs seem like pretty much crap with people reporting half of the purchased ones DOA. I am fairly confident if Phottix had as large of an installation base as Pocket Wizard, you would see just as many "issues" posted on their page, maybe even more so, because to me, especially over the 2.4 gHZ band, any distance firing is likely to run into issues. Also one of the reasons why Pocket Wizard will publish up to 500m+ where Odin is 100m+ I trust the Pocket Wizard Band over the 2.4 over distance.
And a correction on the original poster. They had NO ISSUES. They were tire-kicking and and looking for feedback because they had "read some things" about interference.
"Does anyone here have experience with PWs FlexTT5 and the 580exII? I'm looking at moving into remote ETTL, but have seen some reviews where range was severely limited due to high RF interference from the 580. "
I for one am always welcome to competition. The end result are better products at cheaper prices. If the Odin ever makes its way into North America, I will be happy to test or watch the feedback... but I also expect to see threads like - "Does anyone else have problems with Odin and XBox Connect? - My neighobors XBox keeps interfering with my studio"
As for the cables, doesn't bother me in the least. I have seen many different jacks on strobes, so makes it easier to allow the end consumer to buy what they need.
PC Terminal. 1/4" Phono. 1/8" mono. Elinchrom? Metz? There are a few others.
Bluetooth in general is a short distance connection. It does avoid some interference with its handshake protocol, but I also have found varying results with my connection and reliability of say my cell in my car alone, compared to in a crowded room.
The 2.4gHZ band is very crowded. My old phone and wi-fi router both were at one time 2.4 and I used to lose my connection on my laptop during calls. And again. It all depends on the scenario and set up but long and short, you are more likely to get interference from a phone, laptop, router or other device on the 2.4 ghz band. It is also one of the reason phones and other longer distance devices started to promote the 5.8 ghz and DECT bands as having "less interference" because there are less devices using them.
As far as people go and "complaints"... How many people are using Pocket Wizards vs how many people are complaining? Using Hard Drives for example... If you go out to most techincal/computer websites and look at reviews, you will see that a great many HDs seem like pretty much crap with people reporting half of the purchased ones DOA. I am fairly confident if Phottix had as large of an installation base as Pocket Wizard, you would see just as many "issues" posted on their page, maybe even more so, because to me, especially over the 2.4 gHZ band, any distance firing is likely to run into issues. Also one of the reasons why Pocket Wizard will publish up to 500m+ where Odin is 100m+ I trust the Pocket Wizard Band over the 2.4 over distance.
And a correction on the original poster. They had NO ISSUES. They were tire-kicking and and looking for feedback because they had "read some things" about interference.
"Does anyone here have experience with PWs FlexTT5 and the 580exII? I'm looking at moving into remote ETTL, but have seen some reviews where range was severely limited due to high RF interference from the 580. "
I for one am always welcome to competition. The end result are better products at cheaper prices. If the Odin ever makes its way into North America, I will be happy to test or watch the feedback... but I also expect to see threads like - "Does anyone else have problems with Odin and XBox Connect? - My neighobors XBox keeps interfering with my studio"
Upvote
0
