PocketWizard FlexTT5 - Nikon

The PW system is great and has added a dimension to my photography. Occasional misfires and questionable power levels, but not too bad to put up with.

I pondered over my investment in the Pocket Wizard mini tt1 and flex tt5's and i have to say apart from the plastic shoe mounts i have not been disappointed at all. I gave 4 stars because of this, pocket wizards are more or less industry standard bits of kit and in my own opinion should have more durable metal ones, Gripe over ! CLS is great but this is better ! No more line of sight issues, strong sunlight no worries, distance as far as i will ever need. Couple one of these some flex tt5's and an ac3 controller together and you will have great control at your fingertips of flash power and lighting ratios. Easy and quick set up, sync speeds of 1/8000th very happy !!

Wow, what a wait it has been for the nikon versions. You will just love this kit, works very well with the SU800 commander unit, you can control 3 sets of speedlights at any given time, very easy to set up. TTL works fine. Much more creativeness can be achieved over the infrared, although infrared worked very well for me even in bright sunlight as long as make sure that your have good line of sight. my only minus, is the construction of the units may not impress, especially when compared to a nikon speedlight at roughly the same price. They are still quite new but my units have been in constant use since Christmas 2010
Min kit 3 x Flexs 1 x miniTT, perfect set up

These really take the reliability of Nikon speedlights to the next level - Infra red TTL signals always seemed to be rather hit and miss if used outside and made one lose faith in their equipment on a shoot. Design quality is good and the units are nice and small so fit in a bag easily. The ability to sit your flash on top of the unit is also considerably better than previous PW incarnations.

With the correct connector (PW MM1) they can also be used on Elinchrom lights (BXRi 400s) offering reliable synching way above the normal 1/250th all the way up to 1/8000th. This should work with any slower flash duration (S) heads, but have heard people don't see much improvement on faster flash duration (A) heads. One thing I haven't yet managed is to fire SB900s and Elis at the same time - prob need to play with hypersync offset for this.

There is some power loss at higher speeds so you may need to open up the aperture more, but these are leagues ahead of any other brand of radio triggers on the market. Just waiting for the Nikon AC3 now....

The PocketWizard FlexTT5 for Nikon has been long awaited but well worth the wait. Used with the MiniTT1 and the Nikon SU-800 Commander you can control up to 3 groups of Nikon flashes (ie. SB-800) without the reliability issues of the infra red remote link. You now have the flexibility to use Nikon superb flash system in bright sunlight and/or without line-of-sight. The only issue is that you must first switch on the camera, then the MiniTT1/FlexTT5 and then the Speedlight flash. This is especially important when you move the MiniTT1/FlexTT5 between camera bodies.

Nikon users have waited for what seems like an age for this product. Wireless triggering has come in a variety of forms b4 the Pocketwizard graced our brand of camera, however i would say well worth the wait. The coverage indoors and outdoors is excellent, it works with Nikon's TTL excellently as well as in manual which is my preferred method. I've used this on shoots where the infra red has stood no chance, but these PW's fire consistently. I have tried other brands b4 and always received a refund as they misfire and have short ranges, if you want the best I thoroughly recommend these.