Just bought some Bowens GM500 strobe heads that are non-radio, but have a sync socket on the back.
To be used with Canon EOS 5D MK3.
From what I can gather the GM500 heads have a cell built in so detect flash from other heads so I will need a radio transmitter to fit on hot shoe of Canon and a receiver to plug into the sync socket of just one of the heads to allow me to trigger them all.
Somebody said PocketWizard, but they seem pricy for a simple electronic device that simply sends out a quick signal. They might have features and functions I don't need, see my requirements above.
I don't want cheap crap that is built like crap that won't work, will break or be totally 'twitchy' and unreliable.
I know there are cheap brands out there: Godox, Neewer etc, no idea if these are any good though.
Can anybody recommend a budget make/model that I could buy. Also, for future, I'd also like recommendation for a higher quality make/model that I can upgrade to if the lesser one proves unreliable.
Thanks.
To be used with Canon EOS 5D MK3.
From what I can gather the GM500 heads have a cell built in so detect flash from other heads so I will need a radio transmitter to fit on hot shoe of Canon and a receiver to plug into the sync socket of just one of the heads to allow me to trigger them all.
Somebody said PocketWizard, but they seem pricy for a simple electronic device that simply sends out a quick signal. They might have features and functions I don't need, see my requirements above.
I don't want cheap crap that is built like crap that won't work, will break or be totally 'twitchy' and unreliable.
I know there are cheap brands out there: Godox, Neewer etc, no idea if these are any good though.
Can anybody recommend a budget make/model that I could buy. Also, for future, I'd also like recommendation for a higher quality make/model that I can upgrade to if the lesser one proves unreliable.
Thanks.
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