Greetings!

First off let me say that I am a big fan of the Bowens product line and I appreciate all the efforts that go into making a truly professional line-up of lights and modifiers.  Thank you.  

As a wireless shooter I have been wishing for some time that you guys would include a wireless receiver in your mono lights.  Many of us are now shooting wireless (best decision/advise I've made) and it would be an incredible value added feature to include receivers in your mono lights and packs.  

I'd also respectfully request that the receivers work with all the industry leading wireless systems.    Perhaps an optional plug-in module much like some Sekonic  meters use would be a second best solution.  

Thanks so much for considering our input and providing a place for it.

(oops)

I meant to say that I use them as follows:

- One on camera of course to trigger the packs in sync. I have also used this to trigger the packs for metering with the Sekonic meter in "cordless" mode. But I prefer the next solution below...

- One on an included base plate attached to my belt loop by means of a Rivet connector. With the Sekonic around my neck, and this Lite Link on my waist, I just put the meter into "cordless" mode, and walk around to meter the scene by hitting the "test" button on the Lite Link on my belt. Two hands of course, but it bugs me less than I thought it would.

- One spare that I keep with me as a backup while on location with the Explorer 1500 in case one of the other two malfunctions. This same spare normally lives on the handle of my QuaDX 3000 studio pack.

A couple of advantages of not getting sucked into the "industry standard" Pocket Wizard radios:

- First off, they're hardly "standard". Just because lots of folks use them, doesn't mean that other radio sync solutions don't work just as well. After all, not only do we have the Pulsars / Lite Links, but there are at least two other brands that I'm aware of.

- It's obvious from the elegant integration of a Pulsar receiver in the Explorer 1500 that we're probably going to see this built-in solution more in future products. I cannot wait for QuaDX 3000's with this built-in!

- Not being with the "standard" crowd, I'm way less likely to ever encounter interference if I ever use them at an event. I like that. One event that I'm going to be shooting this winter is hockey. I'll have a couple of Explorer's up in the rafters, and it dawned on me that I was glad that I had the Pulsars now. The Sekonic meter module is good for *MAYBE* 15m. The rafters are 25m up from the ice. No wireless metering for me without another PW transmitter!

- One last thing over the PW's: I like the low profile of the Pulsars way more than the PW's. Wear a hat sometime on location, and you'll see what I mean. Plus, they're WAY less likely to get knocked off, being lower. I almost snapped a PW transmitter off my camera walking through a door once about a week before I needed to sell them! Seems minor, but it adds up.

I think you should go with the Pulsar / Lite Links - I know I'm sure happy with them after trying the PW / Sekonic solution!

=)

Bests,

- Rupert

Hi All...

For those of you that are having difficulty with the PocketWizards and QauDX 3000/ Pioneer etc.,  The trouble comes from an electro-magnetic interference generated from the packs.

I had the same issues as described in this forum and I thought the problem was with the PW's. After shipping multiple PWs and DX packs back and forth... The engineers that created the PW's were able to come up with the SOLUTION:

You need to purchase a longer sync cord (1/8 inch tip-sleeve to 1/4 inch tip-sleeve... approx 2 or 3 ft long) and a ferrite magnet (similar to what you see on your computer power cords, etc.,). Both can be purchased at Radio Shack or similar store.

The barrel style ferrite magnet is easy to attach to the cable. You'll need a way of suspending your PW receiver up and away from your packs.

This will eliminate the interference forever and it's back to shooting again...  Even with your Sekonic light meters :-}

Kind Regards
Steve G

Has a solution been found for the Explorer 1500 and Pocket Wizard triggering problem yet?

Does anyone know whether this is a 433mhz specific problem?

Steve, are you able to post photos of your solution?

Thanks

Matt