1) I haven't actually used the rig out in the wild yet, but that's the eventual plan. I may use it in conjunction with a 2 stop ND filter & a circular polarizing filter to enable a shallow depth of field (while strobing) in broad daylight.


2) I connect the Cybersyncs to a flash adapter I bought from FlashZebra. I set the flash on the flash adapter (which either screws into my umbrella swivel's stud or else can slide into an existing shoe). A miniphone to miniphone cable connects the adapter to the Cybersyncs (I didn't take the time to use the flash adapters in the setup pic above because I was only settingthe standup to see if the clamp would work to give me a 3rd flash as I suspected it would..I wasn't actually shooting anything that day).


3) The Receivers use AA batteries. That was a one of the aspects that I really liked over the competing (yet-to-be-released) RadioPopper JrX units. The Cybersync receivers can go about 200hrs of awake time on a set of AAs. There is no "OFF" button. Once they are turned on (via the test button), they will stay awake for an hour after your last signal trigger. While some see this as a liability of the units, I see it as an asset--I was always forgetting to turn off my other triggers; now I don't have to worry about it.


The trigger takes a CR2450 if I remember correctly. Those particular batteries aren't hard to find as every drug store/wal-mart carries them.


4) I haven't really tested the range yet. So far they've worked out to about 30-40 feet, but I know they can go much further. Reports put the usable range right at about 300 feet in the open. Some report farther, but that seems to be the magic number.