purplealien Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 <p>I've been looking for a low budget way to add additional lights to my very basic strobist set up. I currently only have a single SB-700 which I usually have off camera in a softbox - triggered with a budget non-iTTL radio trigger.</p><p>Even with just the one flash it's a pain having to leave the camera to adjust output. When I add background and hair/rim lights to my kit it will get even worse; so I'd like to invest in a unit which allows me to do this from the camera.</p><p>The V6 seems to offer what I want:</p><ul><li>radio triggering</li><li>adjustment of the power output of several flashes/groups from the camera</li><li>compatibility with my SB-700 and a wide range of other flashes</li></ul><p>I've found <a href="http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/cactus-v6-rf60-wireless-flash-transceiver-advanced-kit-a.html">this</a> deal on-line including 3 trigger/receivers and two flashes, which would get me from where I am now to three lights for a modest $424 (+ shipping), but being UK based I have no experience of Cactus.</p><p>Do any of you have any experience with Cactus, and/or the V6 triggers and RF60 flashes?</p><p>Does anyone know of a dealer in the UK that stocks Cactus products?</p><p>Thanks. Any advice would be much appreciated :-)</p><p>Chris</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 <p>Looks like a useful combo - but, no I haven't any experience of using it. There's a list of Cactus dealers here:<br> http://www.cactus-image.com/dealer.html<br> Nearest to the UK are the ones in Belgium, Holland and France. Forget the Belgian outfit, they only seem to carry a limited range of Cactus triggers.<br> Camera Tools in the Netherlands looks about your best bet. Not cheap though with the current near Euro-Pound parity.<br> http://www.cameratools.com/shop/product/search-results/?alstart=0&artsearch=cactus&artsearchmode=AND</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplealien Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 <p>Thanks Rodeo. </p> <p>From the lack of responses, I'm guessing that these aren't in common use.</p> <p>I am in no rush, so I'll wait until some internet traffic has built up around them and in the meantime I'll do my research on buying & importing from the US. Who knows, perhaps the exchange rate will shift in my favour!</p> <p>Chris</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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