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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 179899" data-attributes="member: 8705"><p>Helene,</p><p></p><p>For most people, the units that you have are straight forward triggers that probably offer less functionality than CLS. </p><p></p><p>For me, at a basic level the PWs are much like the cheap radio triggers except I believe they offer the following:</p><p></p><p>1. Better than CLS type systems in terms of range / bright days / Shooting round corners.</p><p>2. I think they are more reliable. I bought some cheap triggers off Amazon which failed in a few hours. I don't think all cheap units will do this I just had bad luck, but PWs just work</p><p>3. They should be around for a while and provide forward / backward compatibility</p><p></p><p>I've recently invested in Pocket Wizards after much thought. One of the reasons I went with PW is because I wanted to use speedlights that could be triggered and have the power set by the light meter. To this end I got the mini / flex system and a Sekonic 478DR meter. The other reason I went for this is because I can use up to 1/8000 sec shutter speed just like an on camera flash, I can also use remote TTL and I can set the output on multiple remote speedlights using the AC3. I got a PlusX the other day as well for some dumb studio strobes which works fine using the mini or flex as the trigger.</p><p></p><p>Having made the points above, the PWs are very expensive. I got them at a very good price through a friend in the trade and they were still expensive. As an amateur I don't need to justify the cost, whereas a pro would need to see real benefits before investing. I'm sure for most pros who buy them it's reliability that comes number one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 179899, member: 8705"] Helene, For most people, the units that you have are straight forward triggers that probably offer less functionality than CLS. For me, at a basic level the PWs are much like the cheap radio triggers except I believe they offer the following: 1. Better than CLS type systems in terms of range / bright days / Shooting round corners. 2. I think they are more reliable. I bought some cheap triggers off Amazon which failed in a few hours. I don't think all cheap units will do this I just had bad luck, but PWs just work 3. They should be around for a while and provide forward / backward compatibility I've recently invested in Pocket Wizards after much thought. One of the reasons I went with PW is because I wanted to use speedlights that could be triggered and have the power set by the light meter. To this end I got the mini / flex system and a Sekonic 478DR meter. The other reason I went for this is because I can use up to 1/8000 sec shutter speed just like an on camera flash, I can also use remote TTL and I can set the output on multiple remote speedlights using the AC3. I got a PlusX the other day as well for some dumb studio strobes which works fine using the mini or flex as the trigger. Having made the points above, the PWs are very expensive. I got them at a very good price through a friend in the trade and they were still expensive. As an amateur I don't need to justify the cost, whereas a pro would need to see real benefits before investing. I'm sure for most pros who buy them it's reliability that comes number one. [/QUOTE]
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