Pocketwizard flex & d7100 FAIL other options?

Derrel · Dec 5, 2013

Bummer deal, man. It's too bad you do not have a camera that is currently supported. On the other hand, I've never really seen a really compelling need to be able to move my flash output up and down by using remote control over the flashes. I mean, yes, it's a neat technical feat of engineering, but I never grew up expecting that I would have a remote that could yo-yo my flash power. I mean, back in the early 1990's, Paul C. Buff invented a system that used telephone cord to run from a remote to his monolights, and control flash output from a hand-held device...but it never really caught on...it just was not seen as a real "killer app". Maybe I am missing something, but for me it's always been like main light at full, second unit at half power, hair/kicker at 1/4 power, and those ratios stay fairly much the same, both in absolute value, or in relative power output to one another. Same with TTL flash control...just do not see the need or the benefit of it many times, and in fact,many times it's a drawback,not a benefit. I don't want to appear to be minimizing your woes; it DOES SUCK that your current camera does not mesh with the system you bought, so if the cheap-o trigger system is sufficient, maybe it'd be best to sell the PW's and just go with the other brand's hardware?

The other option would be to hold on to the PW's and hope for an update soon. I dunno....I guess it depends on how much benefit the PW's would have over the other triggers in terms of distance,reliability, or features and so on.

juicegoose · Dec 5, 2013

Darrel i see your point. My desire for the control was built out of outdoor family photos. I dont like to use ttl outdoors because of the varying results shot to shot but in manual i have found that i take some test shot then run to each flash and adjust then more and repeat. Experience will help for sure.

juicegoose · Dec 5, 2013

Please somebody buy the pw setup. I'll even throw in a signed lucky charms box

astroNikon · Aug 13, 2014

Wow, they finally came out with d7100 compatibility ?? 8 months later.
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SnappingShark · Aug 13, 2014

I just sold my pocketwizard setup ... it worked a charm on my D7100.

Weird. I'm sorry you were having issues.

If this is an old thread - I'm sorry.

Village Idiot · Aug 14, 2014

BrightByNature said:
I just sold my pocketwizard setup ... it worked a charm on my D7100.

Weird. I'm sorry you were having issues.

If this is an old thread - I'm sorry.

Yes. If you look at the top of a post to the left, you can see this thread is from 12/2013

MOREGONE · Aug 21, 2014

juicegoose said:
Ya my own fault for sure. I contacted pocketwizard and they didnt give me warm and fuzzies as to a firmware update anytime soon.

When the other gear sells im going to buy the su-800 and yn-622n triggers.

Why would you need the SU-800 when you have the 622 system? Get the 622n-TX and you will have full control from the top of the camera