Nikon: CLS vs SU-800 vs Pocketwizard?

[cgipson1]

I went best of both worlds, my sb-600s as slaves on some pw flexes and a su-800 mounted on a pw mini. I can control every flash from the camera and not worry about the IR finding it. There's a video on pocketwizards website about controlling speedlights this way.

Inside the su-800 is almost always fine by itself, if you get good with it you can even bounce the IR signal around corners. Outside is a little different because there is nothing to bounce the IR off of, that's where radio triggers really help.

That does work pretty well when I am using the Speedlights for anything serious. I usually use the SU-800 on my R1C1 macro setup... but it does work well with the TT5's!

 

[greybeard]

The PW mini, SU-800, and Flex really does look like the class way to go if you can afford it.

 

[cgipson1]

Anyone seen these yet?
Yongnuo YN-622C YN 622 Wireless E TTL HSS 1/8000S Flash Trigger 2 Transceivers for Canon | YongNuo photo equipment online store

Canon only for now but Nikon will follow.

Neat.. but I will stick to my PW's for reliability and range! Yongnuo does make some good stuff though... and it is getting better!