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<p>@John Deerfield, I hear you. It is something to think about before the investment.<br>

@Sam, you are right. The Flex is kinda bulky compared to the Mini. For this reason, I might go for a Mini and a couple of Flexes - and/or as Jonathan Davila said, may be, AC3.<br>

@Jim Donahue and Jonathan Davila, the CLS, I think, is also good. I tried it but not at a big event like wedding reception. I am not ruling it out at all though.<br>

@Steve Seelig, I don't know if I can totally put the blame on the user error but I think, it is a possibility. So much so...<br>

As Nadine suggested last time, I got on a phone with Paul C. Buff's customer service [they have one of the best customer service btw] and after having done some tests, I came to understand that the problem wasn't on the Cyber Sync's - the receivers. It was a technical fault on the part of my flash, which made this happen due to the duration of time the flash was made to go to sleep or be on a standby mode. To resolve this, I increased the duration of time when it would go to standby from auto [factory set up] to 160 [i am not sure but I am thinking it is 160 seconds]. After doing this, I tried to use the flash indoor last Sunday and it worked fine without any interruption, at all. I hope I will have the same experience this coming weekend, as well. <br>

With this, I think, we can close this thread. I thank you all for pouring your comments, suggestions and recommendations. </p>

<p>Complicated, huh! - tell me about it. John, so ruling out mixing and going for Mini and/or Flex, could we safely say that let's forget the Mini and just buy about 3 or so Flex's - for their transceiver capabilities?</p>

<p>That is right, Nadine, when it comes to their customer service. I just gave it a shot and shared my concern. They told me to try something and call back. So I will definitely do so.</p>

<p>After googling and reading about the Mini TT1 and Flex TT5, I got this question, I thought would ask you.<br>

If I had to buy a Mini TT1 and say one Flex TT5 [transceiver], how would I use this with Alien Bees' B800 light, along with my SB600, SB800 and SB900.<br>

Thanks,<br>

Alex</p>

<p>Thank you all for your prompt responses.<br>

@Nadine, I stand corrected. It is indeed the Paul C. Buff's <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/cst.php">Cyber Sync</a> and not the Pocket Wizard. However, as Matt Laur pointed out triggering the flashes like the SB800 after it has been on standby is a bit annoying. And Matt, that is indeed the solution.</p>

<p>@Matt, However, that is not only the problem. This receivers that I have Cyber Sync <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/csr.php">CSRB</a> is known for not functioning after a certain consecutive firing. It would either completely die for sometime or just fire unconsciously. I hate for this to happen especially when I use it in an outdoor photo shoot.</p>

<p>@John Deerfield, I am sorry I had you and the others talk about the Pocket Wizard nevertheless, the feedback you provided is helpful by default.</p>

<p>@Sam and Jonathan, I will looking into the Flex system.</p>

<p>@Marios, I really wanted to see if this is going to be possible. The reception is going to be quite big - about 300 invitees, at least; and the venue is like a decent hotel ball room with fairly high ceiling, about 15 - 20 feet.</p>

<p>Hello all,<br>

I have been using the Paul Buff's pocket wizard - a radio and a couple of receivers, which have been pain in the neck and unreliable. To this end, I was going to try to using the commander mode to trigger my SB600, SB800 and SB900 using my D300s, at least, during the reception. Before I invest on any other fine and "reliable" wireless trigger. Any thoughts? Has anyone tried this before? Is it advisable and/or reliable?<br>

Thank you,<br>

Alex</p>

<p>Good Morning/Evening Wednesdayians,<br>

Here is mine from a peaceful rally in DC against Eritrea's 20-year-dictatorship. 'ENOUGH' was the theme of the rally. <br>

shot by:- D300s with Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 AF @ 70mm f/4.5 1/400th Sec ISO400 with Aperture priority.</p><div></div>

<p>Good Morning Nikonites!<br>

Here is from my Spring 2011 Collection (right by my office)</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks, Hector!</p>

<p>Michael Ging, it didn't go as well as we have talked - mainly for two reasons - One, it had to be started before it got darker to avoid the T-shower that was forecasted and Two, having a tripod would have been very ideal. However, it became a lessons learned kinda thing.<br>

Thanks for following up on this,<br>

Alex Foto</p>

<p>Thanks a lot Mike Godwin and Michael Ging! Very helpful!<br>

I hope to share some photos sometime next week.</p>

<p>Good Afternoon,<br>

I am invited to be part of a candlelight vigil this evening and I am also asked to document the event. I have never done this before and here I am asking you for any tips you may give me.</p>

<p>With me --- D300s loaded with Nikkor 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens.</p>

<p>Any suggestion can help.</p>

<p>Thank you,<br>

Alex Foto</p>

<p>Good Afternoon Nikon people...<br>

Here is mine from my trip to Sweden last summer. I used my D300s 17-55mm f/2.8</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning Nikonaits...<br>

Here is mine from 03.06.2011 by D80 with Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8</p><div></div>

Thanks, Mark, Colleen, and David W! You got good points and the 'save-now-buy-later' is out weighing the 'do-whatever-it takes' or 'fulfill your dreams at any cost' arguement. And I am convinced.

talk to you later,

Alex

<p>Thank you Craig, Richarch, William and Dave for your suggestions!</p>

<p>Craig and William, I like the 'burning a hole' expression. It is normally true in my case. That is probably why I don't think I would be rich. :)</p>

<p>I noticed the overlap a long time ago but didn't do anything. It is probably a good time to either trade off or sell my Sigma. Although, I don't know which would be a good candidate for the trade off, if that is what I decide to do. </p>

<p>70-200 mm f/2.8 that most of you agreed up on seems to be the ultimate goal, which I will have to rework on my budget. I will save the $300 for now [May God help me do so!].</p>

<p>BTW William, I like your exmaples. Very informative.<br>

Dave, in which of William's example would you fit 85mm f1.8?</p>

<p>Hello all,<br>

I normally shoot weddings. I do own D300s and D80 bodies with Nikkor 17-50 mm f/2.8, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8, and Nikkor 50mm f/1.7 micro. [i've also got SB900, SB800 and SB600 speedlight flashes].<br>

I now have $300 bucks at hand and 'was thinking of investing it on a lens, that I could also use it for portrait photography, at times.<br>

Any suggestion?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot,<br>

Alex </p>

<p>Good Morning from the East Coast Nikonites!<br>

It is Wednesday again and very close to the long-awaited-SPRING season. Beautiful captures you got this week. Here is my contribution from last week. I took it when I got stuck on traffic on one of the major local roads on my way home last Thrusday - glad I had my beast with me.</p>

<p>Shot with D300s with Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm f/4 1/30th sec ISO100 Aperture priority [no flash] using my car door window to reduce camera shake up.</p>

<p>Please enjoy,</p><div></div>

<p>Good Afternoon fellow Nikonites,<br>

Happy new year to all...better late than never huh...This is my first ever this year, I was just enjoying the photos of you all Wednesday'ers.</p>

<p>Today's contribution is from last week - just a random shot using:<br>

D80 Nikkor 50mm f/1.7 @ 50mm f/13 1/80th sec ISO160.<br>

P.s. Everything looks good but I am not happy about the color at all. FYI I used PS CS for Post production.</p>

<p>Enjoy,</p><div></div>

<p>M = 97% of the time.<br>

S = 3% of the time.</p>

<p>Glad to see some good captures today.<br>

My contribution today is one of the random shots that resulted from an early morning drill, which was later found out to be a false alarm. That sucks, doesn't it?</p>

<p>With D300s Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm f/7.1 ISO2000 EV +3</p><div></div>

<p>Merry Christmas Nikonites....<br>

D300s Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 shot at 70mm f/13 ISO250<br>

Enjoy!</p><div></div>

<p>Top of the morning to all of you, good capturers!<br>

Here is mine from last month's natural light night-life test photography. Shot with---<br>

D300s Nikkor 50mm f/1.7 @ 50mm f/2.2 EV +3 ISO [i don't remember and recorded but I am sure it was in the high end] and it was hand-held.<br>

p.s. I didn't do the painting in the photo.</p><div></div>

<p>Good Morning.<br>

Here is mine from this past Friday on my way to Houston, TX where I had a great + fun weekend.</p>

<p>Taken by D80 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.7 @ 50mm f/10 1/125th sec with ISO250- originally captured as B&W.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is mine....<br>

D80 50mm f/1.8 - shot at 50mm f/5.6 1/60th second at ISO1250 and post-processed in ps cs</p><div></div>