A MiniMagic RX02+ Receiver
attached to an Elinchrom
"Style" Head

So... Why Is Radio Triggering So Much Better ?

Let's look at the two alternatives:

PC Synch cable connection

• Nasty to use fiddly cables
   
• Unreliable connection
   
• Damage to cameras by high voltage and/or currents utilised by the strobes
   
• Cables to trip over, usually resulting in damaged strobe or bent terminals on camera Looks unprofessional and is unprofessional

What About Those Infrared trigger devices ?

• These work so well in the showroom, but so poorly in the studio.... and are notorious on location.
   
• In daylight or a studio with natural light, they often are totally useless. There simply isn't enough differential between the ambient light and the flash they emit. Radio waves are not affected by light
   
• All the strobes need their cells to be pointed in a direction that enables them to see the beam. That is the wrong reason for selecting a lights position. Radio waves are omni-directional
   
• Everything is working fine, then you move in for that close-up, and unknown to you, you move the trigger beam in front of the slave cells.. and the vital shot is spoiled by strobes not firing. Been there, done that... many times. You can be in front, behind, or in the next room... a radio slave will still trigger

• Low cost infrared devices require too long to recharge, they are after all a small flash gun with a coloured lens, nothing more. Don't add another bottle-neck to stop you getting the shot. Radio devices do not need to recharge between shots.
   
• Infrared triggers won't work in many situations such as product shots in light-cubes. 5-0 to radio triggers.