So it’s been about two weeks since I received my new Pocket Wizard Plus IIs. You may have seen my recent post discussing my options and why I went with the Pocket Wizards.  So far I have been extremely happy playing around with them.  You can see a recent test shot on Flickr here.

Over the weekend I saw on some discussion boards that Pocket Wizard is planning a new annoucement for today.  Well they made an announcement alright.  They introduced a new product line, the Mini TT1 and Flex TT5.  These products enable Full TTL operation.  I wont go into a full review here, Chase and Dave Hobby have already covered that plenty.

Dave goes into the specifics of what this product can do for you, even if you normally shoot in full manual mode.  A couple of the highlights that I like:  HyperSync technology – basically gives you an extra stop of power from your flash, software upgradeable (as a software developer I like when things can be upgraded in the future) and these units appear to have a metal hotshoe..finally.

My first thought when I saw this is this would have been nice to know about two weeks ago.  On second thought, Pocket Wizard maintains backwards compatibility so I can continue to use my current Plus IIs.  The prices appear to have been released and the units a slightly more expensive then the current Plus IIs.  THe Mini retails for $199 and the Flex is $219.  This will give the folks at Radio Popper some competition in the emerging wireless TTL space.  I may consider picking up a Mini or Flex to play with the HyperSync.  You can head over to the Flickr forum that is going nuts about this announcement.

Tags: "pocket wizard", strobist

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