Phottix Stratos ii

[GDHLEWIS]

Hi all I have recently taken the step in to photographing people after months of putting it all off and being a big scardy cat. I decided to take a few shots of my wife who is heavily pregnant as the Mother in law was giving me grief for not having a nice photo of her, the shoot it's self went well enough for my first proper attempt out of the 61 images I kept ill probably come out with 5-8 usable images. . . I hope.
I was mainly using 2 Nikon SB700's off camera at various angles and heights and a SB400 on camera for fill in. Most the time I used the 700's on slave but did use a cable from time to time and realized cables are a royal pain.
My wife has promised to get me some triggers for xmas and has asked me to look at a few first. After hours of reading various web sites, reviews and tinterweb vids I have come up with the Phottix Startos 2's Amazon.com: Phottix Multi 5-in1 Nikon Set Stratos ll (Black): Camera & Photo
I am not bothered with TTL as I have been enjoyed using the flash's on manual and learning how it all works but am wondering if any one has had any experience with these specific triggers and if they liked them or not? Are the reliable? Any comments or suggestions are eagerly wished for.

Thanks

Gareth

 

[pixmedic]

I was extremely impressed with yongnuo's 622n triggers.
i have a bunch of them with the 568EX flashes.
the triggers work great with my SB700's, and support TTL and HSS.
I wrote a review for it HERE.
$80 a pair, and each trigger can act as a transmitter or receiver.

 

[GDHLEWIS]

I was extremely impressed with yongnuo's 622n triggers.
i have a bunch of them with the 568EX flashes.
the triggers work great with my SB700's, and support TTL and HSS.
I wrote a review for it HERE.
$80 a pair, and each trigger can act as a transmitter or receiver.

Thanks Pixmedic Ill have a look at them. Only problem with the Photography world. . . just so much choice it is no surprise that people get scared off easily.

 

[ronlane]

I can't talk about the strato's but I have the Atlas II's and really like them.

 

[PeK77]

I have the Stratos ii and use 1 transmitter with 2 receivers. They have been simple and seem to work great. I haven't done much shooting in fast succession so I can't speak to that.