Radio Poppers - JrX Test Drive and Review

MDalby

All,

I have some Radio Poppers JrX transmitter/receivers that will be delivered to me, hopefully soon.

I have asked that Sean Martin and I work together and test these new units and give you an assessment of this new product.

I am a new user to remotes and Sean has his existing Cactus triggers system that he can use for a comparison.

We will let you know when the units arrive and when we can test.

MD

Scott_Quier

Really looking forward to reading the results/opinions on these units.

Manfr3d

Any information on when they'll be available? I read 2nd week of Jan on their site.

MDalby

PX Transmitter and Receiver units will be available for purchase in North America the third week of January, 2009. JrX Transmitter and Receiver units will be available the last week of February 2009. We expect to have a limited number of units available for purchase and take home at PPA Imaging USA 2009, here in Phoenix January 11-13. Visit us at booth 540. The whole team will be there. We’d be honored to meet you. We’ll have demo units to play with. We expect availability of all units to Europe and Australia within eight weeks following the North American ship dates.


Further Information:
Data sheets for each of the individual new units will be published by the end of December 2008. These will include complete descriptions and in-depth discussion of all the new features.

PX System Pricing:
$249 PX Transmitter
$249 PX Receiver
JrX System Pricing:
$99 JrX Transmitter + JrX Receiver Basic Kit
$129 JrX Transmitter + JrX Receiver Studio Kit
$69 JrX Transmitter Individual
$59 JrX Receiver Basic Individual
$89 JrX Receiver Studio Individual
$50 Aftermarket Software Upgrade (Basic -> Studio)

MDalby

All,

I am looking for someone in the Denver area that has Pocket Wizards that would like to participate in this testing and comparison.

If you would like to be involved, send me a private message or email me.

Thanks,

MD

mtmillz

Very Interested in the Results
I have been following the release of these triggers quite diligently and I am very interested in your conclusion. Specifically max sync speeds. I understand that if you are using a JrX transmitter and a PX receiver on a nikon sb-800 using the variable power mode, the sync speed is 1/200 of a sec. I wonder what sort of sync speeds you could achieve with the JrX transmitter/receiver combo. 1/1000? 1/2000? The range is great, 1700ft. Very neat system.