PocketWizard Flex TT5 Mini TT1 vs. RadioPopper PX Video Review - Part 1 of 8

Introduction. PocketWizard usable range test. Range found to be 40 feet while using off shoe cord with Canon SpeedLite 580EXII, similar results expected with 580EX SpeedLite using wireless flash eTTL. Test performed by TriCoast Photography including Mike Fulton, Jordan Chan, and Cody Clinton.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• PocketWizard
• Flex
• TT5
• Mini
• TT1
• Review
• RadioPopper
• PX
• JrX
• Wireless
• Flash
• Canon
• ETTL
• iTTL
• SpeedLite

[duliskov]

the signal as if you were standing 500 feet from the flash. That is all. You noticed worth results when you moved receiver away from flash directly down (because the radio shadow was even more intense) and you observed better results when you moved receiver side wise because the lens was blocking less of a signal. Moving transmitter off camera would completely resolve the issue regardless where receiver is positioned.

Realistically - how many time do you shoot directly pointing to your flash?

[duliskov]

Gentlemen, the problem is in the lens and the geometry of the shot, not the PocketWizard. You kind of almost figured it out. The transmitter mounts very low on the body and the long lens creates a radio shadow which extends to the flash. Think of it as when you use on camera pop-up flash and a lens hood on your lens - you see a shadow of the hood on your pictures. Identical thing happens here: the lens being metal and very massive and being caught in length by radio signal attenuates the

[StephaneXD]

That guy is so boring...

[silentscribes]

dude seriously these transmitter/transceivers suck so bad. We have the mini and two of the flextt5's and we use the radio interference spacers and the RFI bags that they came with and they still missfire and don't fire all the time. Just get the pocketwizard plus 2's.

[FinalFrameStudios]

This is a horribly biased review. Wouldn't trust anything else from this company.

You could have just went into why you prefer RadioPopper over PocketWizzard but why disguise it as an unbiased test?

[glitzandmalt]

i wouldn't take advice from a photographer that wears sunglasses when shooting nor someone that wears flip flops and jeans

[hobateetomambo]

@duliskov nop, it is Radio wave not a Radio beam. with all respect, u r wrong.

[mearcat101]

do you realize how ettl works? if it fires a pre flash and no real flash then the camera has decieded that the flash has no benifit and opted not to fire it.

[shaneephraimsphotogr]

@SVogels To be honest i was thinking your view is bias especially since iv noticed the presence of the PW staff are so vigilant on forums etc, its not hard to see if you look around the duplicate comments like some on this very video which are so obvious.

Not sure what the AC5 is yet but i know one thing for sure, the issues with using the PWs in the sun & using it with the 580Exii have some issues, this is coming from someone who was considering buying a Flax & mini combo

[SVogels]

I watched this video the day after I purchased my TT1 and TT5 combo and I was worried about the results of this test. That was until I found out Pocketwizard has a fix for this issue which these guys failed to mention. It's the AC5, and I paid nothing for it. This test is very meaningless and very biased.

Pocketwizard owners, now you can sleep easy at night...........