PW Mini TT1 for Canon EOS

Yesterday the device finally arrived. I was pleasantly surprized by its tiny from factor (even though I knew it shopuld be smaller than any of my PW II Plus). I spent a few minutes reading the tiny booklet, learned how to "teach" it to work on a proper channel, "trained" it to two particual channels I plan to use it with, snapped it onto my 5D Mark II - and hey presto, my sync speed immediately improved from 1/200 to 1/250
I didn't have any actual shoots with it yet, but triggering seems to work as described, so I'm fairly optimistic.

Nikolai Sklobovsky said:

Yesterday the device finally arrived. I was pleasantly surprized by its tiny from factor (even though I knew it shopuld be smaller than any of my PW II Plus). I spent a few minutes reading the tiny booklet, learned how to "teach" it to work on a proper channel, "trained" it to two particual channels I plan to use it with, snapped it onto my 5D Mark II - and hey presto, my sync speed immediately improved from 1/200 to 1/250
I didn't have any actual shoots with it yet, but triggering seems to work as described, so I'm fairly optimistic.

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Nik,

Any downsides compared to the large ones? Where's the best place to buy?

Asher

Sorry.. I must be really stupid. I had to look up "PW Mini TT1" to figure out what this was. and why I should care that it is smaller than a "PW II Plus"
http://www.pocketwizard.com/

Duke Beattie said:

Sorry.. I must be really stupid. I had to look up "PW Mini TT1" to figure out what this was. and why I should care that it is smaller than a "PW II Plus"
http://www.pocketwizard.com/

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Duke,

It's a matter of weight and bulk. For a long shoot, every gm I don't need is appreciated!

Asher

Asher..
Actually you missed to point.. I had no idea what Nikolai was talking about.. I had to search for "PW Mini TT1" to figure out what the heck it was. Lighter than a Chevy ( gm )or not, I had no clue. Once I opened a new tab on my browser, did a search and read about it, I figured out what he was talking about. Since I don't use Pocket Wizards I was at a loss. Along those lines does it work with the transmitter in my L-758dr Light Meter? The only remote flash setup I have ever used is a Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 and a EX580 and a EX430 flash.

Asher Kelman said:

Nik,

Any downsides compared to the large ones? Where's the best place to buy?

Asher

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Downsides:

• Only two channels for immediate selection (albeit out of the *huge* pool of those) and you need to "teach" it for each. It's not a big deal if you're working pretty much with the same setup on a regular basis, but it's not something you would like to mess with under pressure (like a group shoot, fashion show, etc.)
• Each first shot after powerup is a dud. At this point I'm not sure if it's a big deal, but this is something you gotta remember, so chimp often. Definitely would prefer to go without it, but at this point the advantage (better X-time) is far more important for me.

Best place to buy:

• they should be in stock pretty much all over now, so feel free to use your favorite retailer...

HTH

Duke Beattie said:

Along those lines does it work with the transmitter in my L-758dr Light Meter? The only remote flash setup I have ever used is a Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 and a EX580 and a EX430 flash.

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It works with all PW compatible devices. However, it's a transmitter only, so it's not much use to you in conjunction with your lightmeter. If you want a device that can both receive and transmit you need to get its bigger brother Flex.

I must note that one of the primary (and brand new) features of this new system is an ability to support ETTL traffic over RF (hence greater distance and more reliable) - which, in my personal case, will remain in a total oblivion since I almost never use it...