withSteveAves
Trigger voltages in Bowens Esprit To sync everything together all you anything that other rival
Geminis and the Esprit DXs were need to do is switch on the manufacturers are doing. Unlike
lowered to much safer levels that transmitter for your chosen system, many of Bowens’ competitors who
were perfectly safe to use with set it to the desired studio/channel areincorporatingtheirowntriggering
DSLR’s; and in 2003 Bowens setting(s),turnontheGemini(withthe systems into their units, almost
launched the Pulsar radio trigger card alreadyinserted),test flashthe forcing you to use their system,
system. A radio system that transmitterforaround5-10seconds whetheryouwanttoornot;Bowens
combinedatransmitterandreceiver and hey presto, the Pulsar trigger are giving photographers the option
that gave the photographer the modulewillautomaticallydetectthe tochooseforthemselveswhichradio
freedom to move around without transmitter(plusallsettings)andset triggering system they wish to use
being tethered by a sync lead; and, itself in accordance with the signal and integrate as part of their flash
withatriggervoltageofonly3Vitwas detected. So with this new version system.
completely safe with any DSLR, Pulsar,youdon’tneedtoworryabout
brilliant. any sync lead connection problems The new Pulsar is a neat and very
everagain. versatiletriggersystem;intheweek
So how could Bowens improve on that I’ve been using it, apart from
thePulsar?Welltheyhave,thelatest Another key feature is that Bowens hardlyknowingitwasthere,ithasn’t
versionI’vebeentestingissuperb. hasalsodevelopedthecardtowork missed a single shot. I’ve used it
with two other trigger systems, inside and outside the studio; I’ve
The Pulsar receiver now features a PocketWizard and Litelink. This is evenuseditwiththeTravelpakover
nice slim card (about the size of a such a good idea, by collaborating longdistancesanditstillhasn’tfailed
compact flash memory card) and a withothermanufacturersBowenshas me.
small external aerial…no more created a really versatile trigger
cables! system that can be used by I wonderwhat photographersin the
photographersallovertheworldwith 70s would have made of the new
Thesmallcardsimplyslipsintoaneat littleextracost. Pulsar? I guess they would have
slotintherearofthenewGeminiRor lovedit;IbetBowenswouldn’thave
PRO monolight, while the aerial This new system that Bowens has soldhalfasmanysyncleadsthough.
simplyplugsintothesideoftheunit. adopted is unique and unlike
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