about time! flash triggers

[cityphotographer]

the first big hit was the cybersyncs

as good as the PW but still expensive (the guy too wants to make a lot of money with us)

the ebay cheap chinese ones took some time but now it looks like they got it (rf602)

30bucks for a transmitter and a receiver and a camera trigger too that work as good as the PW and the cybersync.

good

everybody wants to make a lot of money selling cheap stuff, until the market reacts and now it did (react)

about time (methinks)

400 bucks for the PW?

pleeeeeaaaseeeeee

 

[B Gavin]

the first big hit was the cybersyncs

as good as the PW but still expensive (the guy too wants to make a lot of money with us)

the ebay cheap chinese ones took some time but now it looks like they got it (rf602)

30bucks for a transmitter and a receiver and a camera trigger too that work as good as the PW and the cybersync.

good

everybody wants to make a lot of money selling cheap stuff, until the market reacts and now it did (react)

about time (methinks)

400 bucks for the PW?

pleeeeeaaaseeeeee

Just for laughs - a factory worker in China earns between $65 to $200 - per MONTH.

A few audited reports from Pakistan claim that factory workers there earned about $77 per MONTH.

Recent reports by ThomasNet indicate that the average manufacturing wage in the USA is $54,000 a year - higher than the average U.S. salary.

At least a factory worker in the USA can afford a product built in the USA - can't say the same for India or China. But if the world keeps buying 'cheap' products based on a short-term vision, I expect that pretty soon there won't be any North American factory workers to buy American products anyway.

BG

--
A squirrel in the hand is much harder to shoot than two in the bush!!

 

[cityphotographer]

that most products use components made in china , the prices of a PW is now exposed for what it was: made in arrogance town and no competition country.

and 50 bucks for both the transmitter and receiver are more than enough.

time to get down to earth and face the exposure. here we're not talking about some 20% more , not even a 30% more, not even a 40% more , not even a 100% more

we all saw what greed means (lately) . like the millions as a bonus (with our money by the way) even after the company failed also because of them.

 

[Charlie Self]

we all saw what greed means (lately) . like the millions as a bonus (with our money by the way) even after the company failed also because of them.

I got a kick out of the statements about having to pay those millions--one bank guy got, IIRC, 135 million bucks for leading his bank off a cliff--so these guys wouldn't go to the competition. Hell, I'd pay them to go to the competition!

--
Charlie Self



http://www.charlieselfonline.com

 

[rockjano]

... with their new ControlTL system

It can do TTL via radio, only Canon now, Nikon will come later.

They do what they have to do, innovate, spend a lot on it and sell it for a premium until the chinese manufacturer figure out how to reverse engineer that as well. But it takes some time. (It might take years)

Yongnuo RF-602 is the first chinese 2,4Ghz transmitter, I got it and it works beautifully. But they never innovate, that is not their job. This is just how it works.

I personally have to wait for the chinese one, because I also live in a country where people make a lot less money, but I don't complain, the yongnou is perfect for me.

jano

 

[cityphotographer]

I don't want to compare PW (which is a small corporation, arrogant charging stratospheric prices (while they can) but still small) with the big balloons full of air of the latest bright examples in the money-investing and insurance companies ... millions go to the few, and then they laugh at the workers and lets make no mistake as they are good only because they found the way to get that kind of money for nothing (meaning that they are not good for what they get paid for, but just because they get paid )

and pure talented people like Gates and Jobs and others of that kind once they become big have to face (sooner or later) the drama of the politics and transform the talent into something else.

in the end 400 bucks for a product like the PW will go to the heads of the company, not to the workers.

and yes, they do it for the money of course (their money): no need to involve wages into this.

I just bought a chevy because I believe that the car is almost as good as the camry but it doesn't come for 400 times the price of a camry. If I did that then I'd call myself stupid more than patriotic.

that said when the heads of the auto industry went to Washington asking for money with their private jets ... no.. it didn't look good (to me). Again nothing to do with the wages but the stupidity of the big shots. Do I have to remind that they sell CARS?

it would be like a still wedding photographer shoots a video for his son's wedding and no stills.

stupidity.

 

[BigPixel]

PW did the R&D and came to the party early. You charge more for a unique product in the market place, one that is reliable for pro use. Anyone remember what it cost to upgrade from 4 MB RAM to 16 MB back in the day? Would cost a penny today. The Nikon Coolpix 950 (a whopping 2.1MP point-n-shoot) cost $1600 new in 1998 and was the darling of the digital world for a year or two...and so, what's the point here? That technology marches on and prices fall? Competition increases and prices fall?

--
BigPixel / Hawaii

 

[cityphotographer]

when PW reduced the prices?

but don't worry about it, in a discussion like this I did expect to get idiotic comments like yours, willing to pay 400 times the real value of a product.

aren't you?

of course you are.

or you just say it in here to look good? tell me: I wanna know.

LOL

I paid 6,200 USD for the first 1Ds because there was no alternative. Now many (the 101 sunday economists like you) did spread the same kind of BS about the R&D the FF sensor and other excuses and guess what? the 1DsIII still cost a lot of money, 7 years later.

that's not economics 101 for teens , that doesn't have much to do with the real value and all the BS of the R&D and stuff like that.

They want to make as much money they can. Period (that's reality 101)

pleeeeaaaassssse

 

[deant]

It remains to be seen how good the new triggers will be.

I'm sticking with my PocketWizards.
--
DeanT
http://www.tomasulastudio.com

 

[cityphotographer]

I use few calumet radio in my studio and PW to rent for jobs outside or on location but I hear that the latest ones from china sync at a good speed, are very reliable and go to the distance easily.

look for rf-602 on any search engine and read the comments of the new owners. They look good.

30 bucks.

30

shipped

both the transmitter and the receiver. extra receivers for 20 bucks or so...

 

[BigPixel]

Ah! I see. You want to be first in line to diss and name call anyone with an analytical response in defference to your claims. Fine.

FYI: This is a chat list where opposing opinion is supposed to be welcome. I love to mix it up as much as the next guy but please! At least come back with something credible or interesting maybe.
--
BigPixel / Hawaii

 

[cityphotographer]

if this thread was stupid then why post in it?

let me explain how it works: if you find a thread not interesting then you skip it

simple, no?

'cause if you don't then you are no longer credible.

you say that you don't find it interesting now only because you got beaten, pretty hard.

that's why

now go because I'm busy.

Ah! I see. You want to be first in line to diss and name call anyone with an analytical response in defference to your claims. Fine.

FYI: This is a chat list where opposing opinion is supposed to be welcome. I love to mix it up as much as the next guy but please! At least come back with something credible or interesting maybe.
--
BigPixel / Hawaii

 

[BigPixel]

So, in your mind this is a slug fest, not a discussion?
--
BigPixel / Hawaii

 

[Charlie Self]

let me explain how it works: if you find a thread not interesting then you skip it

simple, no?

'cause if you don't then you are no longer credible.

you say that you don't find it interesting now only because you got beaten, pretty hard.

that's why

now go because I'm busy.

Ah! I see. You want to be first in line to diss and name call anyone with an analytical response in defference to your claims. Fine.

FYI: This is a chat list where opposing opinion is supposed to be welcome. I love to mix it up as much as the next guy but please! At least come back with something credible or interesting maybe.
--
BigPixel / Hawaii

Sorry. I agree with your basic premise, but BigPixel is right about how the market works. You are totally out of line calling him names and getting snotty, IMO.

--
Charlie Self



http://www.charlieselfonline.com

 

[cityphotographer]

Sorry. I agree with your basic premise, but BigPixel is right about how the market works. You are totally out of line calling him names and getting snotty, IMO.

market?
what market?

look the PW kept the price stratospherically high (say 600 bucks for three?) because there was no competition (first) and because they created the "fashion".

but they charge "high" because they want to make more money, not because of the market

what market? it's only greed. which is fine (until they can, of course)

and one more thing (please allow me to defend myself .. LOL) : when we talk about prices, the arrogance of one vendor and all that then there are two sides (us and them). nothing in between. correct?

now how would you call somebody (who supposed to be on our side) taking the other side because on the internet often he goes against regardless? He didn't even read and he was against already . That's why I had to cut short the habit before it was too late.

I hate stupidity (like I believe you do too), but taking the vendor's side was way too much fun.. LOL to watch

the "fashion" of a brand is important (don't get me wrong) W did a good job about it but too much is too much, come on... 600 bucks for three? time to get down to earth, like I said.

no?

 

[B Gavin]

Sorry. I agree with your basic premise, but BigPixel is right about how the market works. You are totally out of line calling him names and getting snotty, IMO.

market?
what market?

look the PW kept the price stratospherically high (say 600 bucks for three?) because there was no competition (first) and because they created the "fashion".

but they charge "high" because they want to make more money, not because of the market

what market? it's only greed. which is fine (until they can, of course)

and one more thing (please allow me to defend myself .. LOL) : when we talk about prices, the arrogance of one vendor and all that then there are two sides (us and them). nothing in between. correct?

now how would you call somebody (who supposed to be on our side) taking the other side because on the internet often he goes against regardless? He didn't even read and he was against already . That's why I had to cut short the habit before it was too late.

I hate stupidity (like I believe you do too), but taking the vendor's side was way too much fun.. LOL to watch

the "fashion" of a brand is important (don't get me wrong) W did a good job about it but too much is too much, come on... 600 bucks for three? time to get down to earth, like I said.

no?

If you think $600 for three is a lot - come to Canada where they're imported and go for $900 for three. Something you can't blame on Power Wizard manufactureres. Its actually the ridiculous policy of retailers here of doubling all expenses here, which in this case includes customs and duty.

Fortunately Montreal is a big city with a number of pro shops and LL Lozeau rents them.

BG
--
A squirrel in the hand is much harder to shoot than two in the bush!!

 

[cityphotographer]

thanks to our eye-spy for this post and link

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1025&message=33768597

eheh

... with their new ControlTL system

It can do TTL via radio, only Canon now, Nikon will come later.

They do what they have to do, innovate, spend a lot on it and sell it for a premium until the chinese manufacturer figure out how to reverse engineer that as well. But it takes some time. (It might take years)

Yongnuo RF-602 is the first chinese 2,4Ghz transmitter, I got it and it works beautifully. But they never innovate, that is not their job. This is just how it works.

I personally have to wait for the chinese one, because I also live in a country where people make a lot less money, but I don't complain, the yongnou is perfect for me.

jano

 

[DanThaMan]

I don't get it. Yes PWs are expensive, so if you don't like the price get the cheaper alternatives. If someone is a decent pro photographer, then recouping the cost for the PW or any equipment shouldn't be a major concern.

What people (especially amateurs or aspiring strobists) should really be lamenting about is why it took so long for less expensive yet reliable alternatives to come out-now that is a question worth exploring. Up until recently, the more reliable radio trigger systems were Pocket Wizards and Skyports (what I currently own).

IMO, I think this thread would have been more beneficial if this thread was about exploring the reasons why there were few alternatives. Was it due to patented technology? Poor marketing? Manufacturing technology to maintain certain quality control level not yet widely available? Conspiracy? (keep prices high to make it difficult for average Joe photographers from entering profession??). Other reasons?

Regardless, I really don't know, but would like to know why!

--
-Dan

 

[cityphotographer]

I don't get it.

oh yeah, you did

definitely you did get it. loud and clear too.

"about time" was the title and "about time" is still the title.

time to get down to earth 'cause only the amateurs spend a lot of money for useless stuff and the "lots of money" attitude for the brand doesn't work that well anymore?

it was a question. That brings to the opposite conclusion of yours .

I was young and assisting when I was shooting a bronica and the amateurs were all excited with their hasselblads. I remember

again the opposite conclusion

but the time to charge for the brand may be over soon. I hope. Sooner is better. There is the internet now, now we know how it goes and we do have a voice (now).

of course there will always be the ones preaching the high price for the brand mania. but they don't really mean it. They too get down to earth when the moment to pay comes .. believe me.

the funny thing is that the marketing people know very well that the time to charge for the brand is almost over and the "preachers" don't really count 'cause all the others won't fall for it anymore.

 

[rockjano]

Well I just say something and the next day the chinesee do it???!!!

This new system seems to be very similar to the PW, for a fraction of the cost....well it was fast...