Ever wish you had a remote for your camera?
There are many times when you want to take a picture of yourself, or a group, but how do you take a pic if you can't touch the shutter button? A remote would be a perfect solution. I'm not sure why camera companies just don't make this standard, but as usual the big guys are either sleeping on this or have bigger fish to fry (big mistake). Enter PocketWizards with an amazing solution, the Plus III. This little device not only allows you to remotely trigger your camera, but also flashes that are not directly attached to the camera. This kind of technology has been around for a while, but now they are faster, cheaper and better.
Why timers suck! A simple user experience problem.
Sure, you're probably saying, why don't you just use the self timer that your camera comes with. Okay, that's great and all, but then your running back and forth to the camera...and that's not fun. Or better yet, you want to put your camera in a remote/hard to access location (behind a soccer net, on a ceiling pointing down at a crowd, etc), then what? For the group shot, you know after you finally get everyone together to take that cool group shot, you're going to want to take more than one pic. Someone's going to blink, hair will be in a girl's face, and someone will be making a silly face, but then you end up running back and forth to take multiple shots and your group gets impatient. Or better yet, you could ask the waiter or random tourist you meet for help. This is a horrible user experience. With these devices you can just sit back with the group and shot over and over without leaving (tripod obviously needed).
Flashes too...
Ever wonder how the pro photographers get such cool looking shots? They use flashes that aren't attached to the camera. They trigger them with these devices. If you want to learn more about flash photography check out http://strobist.blogspot.com/
This device is definitely on my wish list. I have other triggers, but I definitely need to upgrade soon so I can make some cool pics...I'll keep you posted.
-M
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