Cactus Wireless Flash Trigger System V4 vs. CTR-301P

[Chuck Lee]

No............ She doesn't have a clue! What a shame.


Mark, Reply, and prefix "We the 1000 plus members of the-digital-picture.com forums will ask you once again...........please be sure to be educated and accurate with your response."


If radiopopper is serious then we should get an accurate answer.


Man the form letter crap is SO LAME!!


And from a company that is already behind the eight ball and wants to compete with Pocket Wizards.....Unreal.

[Sean Setters]

Ok, this is quite off-subject, but I decided to try to add a mini ballhead to my spring clamp (basically making a DIY Justin Clamp). However, I thought I'd have a little more fun and see how much weight this thing could hold. I was decently impressed. Of course, I didn't actually include a way to trigger the flashes--but they could all be triggered optically quite easily (without adding much weight), or else one could be fired via an attached Cybersync, while the other two could be fired optically as a result of the first flash firing (as long as the Cybersync-connected flash was positioned a little behind the other two).


I feel like a mad scientist. The clamp will never be used like this--but it's fun to know what's possible.


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[Mark Elberson]

Pretty cool Sean! That seems like a lot for a little spring-clip to handle. What's that, close to 4 lbs total? That's a lot of fire-power!!

[Sean Setters]

I'm really not sure how much weight it is. Of course, if the clamp were positioned on a vertical support (like a door), I don't think it would have been able to hold all that weight up. But as shown, it worked in that orientation.

[lculpin]

I wouldn't hold my breath on the time frame for the cube... I asked RP 2 weeks ahead of their supposed release of the PX system how that date was looking, as was told that they'd definitely be "on time"... and then something like 3 months later they were finally released. Similar with the JrX system.


Speaking of the JrX, i just got my transmitter and studio receiver in the mail (and my third PX Receiver) and will post impressions once I've used them.... first thing I noticed was that the JrX Receiver was WAY bigger than I expected... I had kinda been thinking about the size of my keyfob for my car alarm (similar design) but it's quite a bit bigger... the images on their site make it look like the receiver is just in front of the transmitter, but that's actually about their actual side-by-side size





*EDIT* And in other news, my Px Receiver didn't come with a battery cover. What the hell??? I've emailed RP and will see what they say... somehow I don't really see them sending me a 1 cent cover in the mail to Canada though :S

[Chuck Lee]

Can you mount an umbrella to it? LOL []


Seriously, you keep coming out with links to all these great products. I'm still wondering if you have any recomendations for mutiple flash mounts. (besides this one of-course)