Phottix Atlas Unboxing

Unboxing of the Phottix Atlas Professional Wireless Flash Trigger. I review for you everything that comes with each unit, and talk about the quality and usefulness of some of the components. Phottix is positioning the Atlas to be a direct competitor to the Pocket Wizard Plus II.

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Science & Technology

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• phottix
• atlas
• pocket
• wizard
• plus
• II
• wireless
• flash
• trigger
• transceiver
• canon
• nikon
• strobist
• strobe
• unboxing
• photography

[barebasicphotos]

can you tell me what site you got them for 103 thanks

[MidwestPhotoGuy]

@barebasicphotos I purchased the units directly from Phottix's store. Google "phottix store". The Atlas is one of the items on the main rotating banner.

[seek3r14]

Thanks for your info :) I just thought this would be great for my macro shoots... Because I only use ttl with macro.. Still practicing manual mode :D

[MidwestPhotoGuy]

@seek3r14 No problem. I'm not sure if you've seen "The Strobist" blog before, but he has a great guide to using off camera flash, and details several techniques that can be used in manual mode.

strobist dot blogspot dot com, look for the "Lighting 101" section in the top right area.

[seek3r14]

Does it work if you use TTL?

[MidwestPhotoGuy]

@seek3r14 No, these devices do not support any TTL modes. I find that when using flash, I prefer to shoot in a manual mode. It takes a bit of trial an error at first. Setting the flash to manual mode, and dialing in a speicfic power. Then making sure that when shooting manual, you have fast enough shutter (in combination with aperature and ISO) to achieve the desired exposure.

[verlainers]

hello friend could take a doubt, I take a picture and leave it all white because of the flash. You must be a great distance to use the flash? I put the canon 7d flsah in manual mode and manual. I have to do some setting on the flash or Canon 7D? sorry for bad english use as a translator. It could make a video liga'cão doing all the equipment and settings?

[amir0103]

@seek3r14 can't use TTL

[barebasicphotos]

@midwestphotoguy. thank you very much

[MidwestPhotoGuy]

@MrKorean30 I'm not sure what all of the differences are. But one obvious difference is taht the Atlas triggers can be triggered from a port on the camera, and are not hot-shoe fire only. Which means that you can you can use on-camera flash and off-camera flash when using the Atlas.

Also, the Atlas units are both transmitters and recievers, which allows for greater flexibility in how you setup your lighting.