Distance Test -- RadioPopper PX Units & PocketWizards new MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 Units

[MyKey]

A couple of days ago Cody, Jordan and I tested out the RadioPopper PX units with the new PocketWizard system in a distance test.

Roughly we videoed the entire thing and will be posting it as soon as we get it all compiled for everyone to see with details about:

Custom Functions
Speed of each unit
TTL aspects
Issues with both units, etc.

Roughly we found the distance interesting and while I knew the RadioPopper Units were better I had no idea they were this much better.

580exII mounted directly on the Flex TT5 as wireless - Mini TT1 as transmitter we got 35 feet direct line of sight control before misfires and other radical issues popped up.

580exII mounted on off shoe camera cord on the Flex TT5 as wireless - Mini TT1 as transmitter we got 40 feet direct line of sight control before misfires and other radical issues popped up.

430exII mounted directly on FlexTT5 unit as wireless - Mini TT1 as transmitter we got 120 feet of direct line of sight control before misfires and other radical issues

With the PX transmitter unit on a 580exII as master and PX receiver on 580exII as wireless we got 660 feet of direct line of sight in TTL mode and approximately 100 feet more if we went to manual mode on our flash units.

Again we videoed the entire thing so we will edit everything together and will be posting it together along with MANY other issues besides distance, we really tried to hit many of the normal functions as photographers we would experience and while I am sure we did not hit them all and I am sure others will find other issues we should have covered I feel we did a pretty good test of both systems and showed it via video.

Give us a few days and we will have this video edited (hopefully) and get it posted for everyone to view! I just wanted to share our findings with the board since it was something we worked on all day long today! The video will be in many sections in order to post it online and will around an hour long it looks like unless we do more editing!




A few snapshots of the testing of both units

[HOUSCOUS]

Coool, can't wait to see the whole detail report

[KBerntsen]

Good to know making me feel better about my PX investment already.

[MyKey]

Originally Posted by HOUSCOUS

Coool, can't wait to see the whole detail report

here is the first of eight video parts of the straight forward and tech-ie so it can get boring video. Bare with us the educational aspects are in there but we tried to dumb it down so everyone who is a tech-ie to not a tech-ie can understand not only the distance test but WHY the units preformed good or bad in the situation.

The videos are in HD, but YouTube compression kills it. HD versions are available though.

ALL 8 PARTS OF THIS TEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR BLOG

Part 1 of 8
Notes: 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.




Part 2 of 8
Notes: 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. Canon SpeedLite 430EXII Range Test with PocketWizard FlexTT5 and MiniTT1 found usable to 120 feet.

Part 3 of 8
Notes: RadioPopper PX Transmitter and PX Receiver Range Test. Found range to easily exceed 600+ feet which is more than 10x the range of the new PocketWizard Flex ControlTL system. RadioPopper used in eTTL and manual flash mode.

Part 4 of 8
Notes: Operational speed test of the PocketWizard Flex system vs. the RadioPopper PX system. Testing supposed ”slow” operation of RadioPopper found both systems easily keep up with 8+ frames per second. No difference between the two systems regarding speed of operation. Canon SpeedLite Custom Functions explained. PocketWizard system does not support all Custom Functions.


Part 5 of 8
Notes: Summary of inconsistent operation of PocketWizard FlexTT5, MiniTT1, and ControlTL operation. PocketWizard radio interference using Canon SpeedLite 580EX, and 580EXII SpeedLite flash strobe units. Explanation of radio frequencies used by PocketWizard and RadioPopper systems.


Part 6 of 8
Notes: Physical and hardware, overall design, ease of upgrade of Pocket Wizard Flex USB port and RadioPopper PX.


Part 7 of 8 (Contains a guest appearance of a Beagle…)
Notes: Evaluation of physical construction and overall design of new PocketWizard Flex TT5, Mini TT1, and RadioPopper PX SpeedLite eTTL radio flash control systems. Integration of PocketWizard PlusII MultiMAX, and RadioPopper JrX Studio and JrX Basic receivers to control studio lights.


Part 8 of 8
Notes: Conclusions from testing of radio based camera flash control systems for eTTL, iTTL, and high speed sync. Conclusion of test of new PocketWizard FlexTT5, ControlTL, MiniTT1, and RadioPopper PX and JrX units.

ALL 8 PARTS OF THIS TEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR BLOG

[HOUSCOUS]

Good morning, Mike. Reading this post in the morning is a great thing to start a day. :)

HOUSCOUS added 12 Minutes and 1 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

looks like cody's a better media between these device. LOL.