Comments on: RadioPopper vs PocketWizard TTL … and the winner is… RADIOPOPPER PX / JrX! http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/ Computer geek by day, Photographer when I'm awake. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sam http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Sam Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:20:09 +0000 http://lightandpixels.com/?p=1077#comment-1535 You do know thats a feature of your camera. It will do the very same if you use the Nikon Wireless system and probably even when you put the flash right on the cam, and it got nothing to do with the PW unit. There is a menu item somewhere to switch this off, named something like "sync speed 2/250 (FP)". The FP is the important part. You do know thats a feature of your camera. It will do the very same if you use the Nikon Wireless system and probably even when you put the flash right on the cam, and it got nothing to do with the PW unit.
There is a menu item somewhere to switch this off, named something like “sync speed 2/250 (FP)”. The FP is the important part.

]]> By: Tom http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Tom Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:24:59 +0000 http://lightandpixels.com/?p=1077#comment-1519 Jason, It was almost two years ago when this post hit the web and the Nikon PW's TTL solution was not available. I needed The best TTL option available. I've been happy with my RP PX system for two years. So, it's more like I was saying I would like to try that restaurant but they won't open for a couple more years for Nikon recipes and they seem to be having some problems with their canon recipes. Cheers, Tom Jason,

It was almost two years ago when this post hit the web and the Nikon PW’s TTL solution was not available. I needed The best TTL option available. I’ve been happy with my RP PX system for two years.

So, it’s more like I was saying I would like to try that restaurant but they won’t open for a couple more years for Nikon recipes and they seem to be having some problems with their canon recipes.

Cheers,

Tom

]]> By: Tom http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Tom Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:13:31 +0000 http://lightandpixels.com/?p=1077#comment-1518 That's a very cool feature, indeed. That’s a very cool feature, indeed.

]]> By: Jason Samuelson http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 Jason Samuelson Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:19:23 +0000 http://lightandpixels.com/?p=1077#comment-1517 How can you "review" two units, or do a side-by-side comparison, when you haven't actually touched either unit? It's like reviewing a restaurant without eating there. How can you “review” two units, or do a side-by-side comparison, when you haven’t actually touched either unit?

It’s like reviewing a restaurant without eating there.

]]> By: Jason Samuelson http://lightandpixels.com/2009/03/30/and-the-winner-is-radiopopper-px-jrx/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Jason Samuelson Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:17:29 +0000 http://lightandpixels.com/?p=1077#comment-1516 I just picked up a PW TTi to use on my Nikon d300. I have the old blue-colored PW receivers that I use w/ my studio strobes. They work perfectly, as do the old transmitters. But I wanted something really small for the camera. So I unwrapped the TTi, put in the battery, tried it out both test-popping from the TTi and putting it on the camera hotshoe and taking test shots. All worked perfectly. But here's the astounding thing: With the camera in manual mode I started raising the shutter speed beyond the sync speed, out of curiousity to see where I'd start getting the image cut off. Somehow that tiny TTi is talking to the camera, saying, "The knucklehead is trying to exceed sync speed; don't let him do it." The TTi PREVENTED the camera, in M mode, from exceeding the sync speed setting! Turning the dial on the camera did nothing. In my reviews and columns I've oft complained about the lack of a manual "lock" to keep you from accidentally exceeding the 1/250 second sync speed. It's too easy to accidentally nude the dial and lose shots 'til you notice. Evidently PW has provided this safety feature as a feature in their unit. And PW, evidently modest to a fault, does not even brag about it. Or mention it. I just picked up a PW TTi to use on my Nikon d300. I have the old blue-colored PW receivers that I use w/ my studio strobes. They work perfectly, as do the old transmitters. But I wanted something really small for the camera. So I unwrapped the TTi, put in the battery, tried it out both test-popping from the TTi and putting it on the camera hotshoe and taking test shots. All worked perfectly.

But here’s the astounding thing: With the camera in manual mode I started raising the shutter speed beyond the sync speed, out of curiousity to see where I’d start getting the image cut off. Somehow that tiny TTi is talking to the camera, saying, “The knucklehead is trying to exceed sync speed; don’t let him do it.” The TTi PREVENTED the camera, in M mode, from exceeding the sync speed setting! Turning the dial on the camera did nothing.

In my reviews and columns I’ve oft complained about the lack of a manual “lock” to keep you from accidentally exceeding the 1/250 second sync speed. It’s too easy to accidentally nude the dial and lose shots ’til you notice. Evidently PW has provided this safety feature as a feature in their unit. And PW, evidently modest to a fault, does not even brag about it. Or mention it.

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