The Pocketwizard Multimax Transceiver Much More Than Just a Radio Slave
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Wireless Radio Triggering WIRELESS FREEDOM What PocketWizard can do for you... WIRELESS LIGHT METERS SEKONIC Choose which flash unit to trigger and measure WIRELESS MONOBLOC FLASH UNITS simultaneously and even NORMAN, PHOTOGENIC fire your camera. A built-in PocketWizard radio receiver provides wireless triggering from a PocketWizard Transmitter and wireless metering. WIRELESS RADIO POCKETWIZARD Trigger cameras, flash units or both at the same time with PocketWizard wireless radios. WIRELESS POWER PACKS PROFOTO, DYNA-LITE, NORMAN A built-in PocketWizard radio receiver provides wireless triggering from a PocketWizard Transmitter and wireless metering. WIRELESS CAMERAS KODAK, NIKON With a built-in Transceiver radio trigger flash units, camera or both at the same time. Trigger your flash, cameras or both without wires from the palm of your hand. Why go wireless? • Eliminates unreliable synch cords that get in the way of your creativity. What is PocketWizard • Allows you to position lighting quickly Wireless Freedom? where you want it, not just where the It is a system of professional photographic synch cord reaches. products, which incorporate a compatible • Permits you to interact with your subject digital wireless radio system, eliminating without the limitations of shutter the need for PC synch and shutter release release cables. cables. • Triggers multiple cameras simultaneously, to capture action at every angle. • Protects your digital or film camera from damaging high synch voltage. 2 POCKETWIZARD WIRELESS FREEDOM The PocketWizard Plus II A perfect blend of simplicity and performance automatically senses and sets itself to Digital Wireless Radio send or receive a radio signal. The PLUS II Technology: is simple to use yet incredibly advanced; it Recognized by professional photographers will automatically trigger your camera and worldwide as the first choice for reliable remote flash units simultaneously with remote triggering. The PocketWizard its built-in Auto-Relay mode (electronic PLUS II incorporates LPA Design’s shutter release cable required). The patented microprocessor-controlled PLUS II provides the fastest triggering software and 16 bit digital radio speed in its class – 12 fps – and keeps up technology, which provides the best with the fastest D-SLRs available. The triggering range and reliability in the PLUS II provides reliable triggering up to industry. The PLUS II Transceiver’s The PocketWizard PLUS II is the world’s first 1,600 feet away at synch speeds of 1/250 circuitry controls the digital signal to auto-sensing wirelessTransceiver. It automatically Transmits or Receives for faster, easier, carefree (focal) or 1/500 (Leaf shutter). Four ensure the most reliable performance, wireless triggering. Offering the the best selectable channels provide secure trigger after trigger. It includes four reliablilty and performance ensured by PocketWizard Digital Wireless Technology. triggering, and choosing which zone to selectable digitally coded channels, trigger (on camera flash, remote flash or ensuring that you trigger only the camera THE POCKETWIZARD PLUS II offers the both) is a flip of a switch away. Also or flash equipment desired. Each channel latest innovation in wireless triggering for incude in every PLUS II is high synch sends a uniquely digitally coded signal your remote flash or cameras. It is the first voltage protection circuit built-in that that can only be recognized by another radio triggering system to offer Auto- prevents high triggering voltage (from PocketWizard unit set to the same channel. Sensing Transceiver technology. With the older electronic flash units) from Free from misfires, cross signaling or radio PLUS II, there is no need to worry about damaging sophisticated digital or film interference, PocketWizard wireless how many Transmitters or Receivers to cameras. A wide range of camera and technology works where nothing else will. bring with you on the shoot because the strobe triggering cables are available, > Auto-Sensing Transceiver Technology PLUS II is both a Transmitter and a allowing you to remotely fire just about Receiver in one unit. Simply attach the any camera or strobe system used by > Auto-Relay mode PLUS II to your camera or flash and it professional photographers today. > Fast Triggering Speed > Local / Both / Remote > High synch voltage protection > Compatible with all PocketWizard products n a i r e K t r e b o R © Using a PocketWizard Receiver, a D-SLR camera was mounted to a rig attached to the front of the motorcycle. From the desired shooting angle, the photographer triggered the camera with a Pocketwizard Transmitter at the perfect moment. The camera rig was later removed from the image during the editing processes. 3 The PocketWizard MultiMAX Transceiver Much more than just a Radio Slave receiver all in one unit. At the flip of a switch it can be set to either transmit or receive radio signals or do both. You can also feel confident that everything is working perfectly with the only radio system that offers radio and flash “True Triggering Confirmation”. Selecting which camera or flash to trigger requires only the touch of a button with “Selective Quad The PocketWizard MultiMAX Transceiver Triggering” mode. The MultiMAX even is the world’s most advanced digital radio provides advanced special effects triggering system. From the beginning, it functions not found in any other wireless was designed to be much more than just a system. Integrated software such as radio slave. The MultiMAX was engineered “Trigger Time Control” offers such to exceed the expectations of the most features as: Rear Curtain Synch, demanding photographers and solve the Intervalometer, Multi-Pops, SpeedCycler most challenging shooting scenarios. It is The PocketWizard MultiMAX and much more. Unparalleled in features is a digital Transceiver radio a microprocessor-based radio triggering triggering system, that offers and performance, the PocketWizard system that uses advanced digital radio a whole new concept in MultiMAX Transceiver offers solutions creative lighting control at signaling to increase triggering range, your fingertips. With its to photographic challenges that would reliability and to reject radio noise from built-in Trigger Time Control otherwise hinder a photographer’s software, it provides other RF (radio frequency) sources. Since advanced functions never creativity. before available in a radio the MultiMAX utilizes “Transceiver triggering system. Technology”, it’s both a transmitter and Using several wireless flash units, the photographer created a dramatic lighting effect without the limitations of synch cables. The lighting was measured and balanced from a wireless light meter. s u c r a M y d n A © POCKETWIZARD WIRELESS FREEDOM Communication Technology Full Digital Radio: Utilizing LPA Design’s patented microprocessor and software technology, the MultiMAX controls the digital signal to ensure the most reliable performance, trigger after trigger. It provides 32 selectable digitally coded channels to choose from, offering private radio signal communication between you and your equipment. Each channel sends a uniquely coded signal that only another PocketWizard set to the same channel will respond to, avoiding misfires or radio interference. And the 32 channels are fully compatible with all PocketWizard digital radio triggering systems. Transceiver Technology: The MultiMAX Transceiver offers the capability of sending and receiving digital radio signals with a flip of a switch, eliminating the need for separate backup ©Dave Black Captured with a D-SLR camera mounted transmitters and receivers. Since the in the cat walks of the arena and triggered with a PocketWizard MultiMAX Transceiver is a two-way radio, True Trigger Confirmation: MultiMAX, the photographer choose a it creates a communication link between Because the MultiMAX is a Transceiver, dramatic angle at a spectacular moment. your camera, flash and you. Transceiver it automatically confirms if the transmitter Technology also eliminates the need for a sent a signal and if the receivers have separate transmitter and receiver when accepted the signal. In Transmitter mode, relay triggering a camera and flash unit radio triggering confirmation status is remotely. An easy to read LCD panel indicated on the MultiMAX display panel, indicates which mode the MultiMAX is from up to 1600 feet away or more on all set for (transmit or receive) in all lighting four Quad-Triggering zones. conditions. With a flip of the switch select transmit or receive. Confirmed radio, flash failed Confirmed radio and flash Failed radio Confirmed radio 5 The PocketWizard MultiMAX Transceiver Much More Than Just a Radio Slave A wing-mounted D-SLR camera, triggered by a PocketWizard Receiver, was controlled by the photographer inside the cockpit with a PocketWizard Transmitter. ©Chad Slatterly Selective Quad-Triggering: Display Optional Flash Selecting which camera, flash or both to Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel Confirmation Sensor trigger is as simple as pressing one of the with backlight illumination button. The optional “Flash Confirmation Sensor” four Quad-Triggering Zone buttons (A, B, C Alphanumeric screens with icons, battery indicates that a triggered remote flash or D). Now you can conveniently activate status, mode selected and radio frequency actually fired. By utilizing a shielded high or deactivate remote cameras or flash lock indicators. intensity light sensor, which only remains units wirelessly from up to 1600 feet away active