Is there a wireless device that will fire both the D700 and SB-900?

Thank you for your time,

Bill

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I use the phottix cleon. I set my D700 to commander mode and attach the phottix cleon. The SB 900 is set at remote and will fire wirelessly.

The Phottix Cleon doesn't work well in the cold.

David C. Ramey
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Any Radio remote or infrared remote with proper adapter cord will fire either the camera or flash.

you may need two - one to fire the camera and another attached to the Pc socket or hotshoe to fire the flash or just use CLS.

Calumet has generic 10 pin to 1/8 inch phone plug. Flash zebra has other cords. Paramount will custom make cords.

Quantum, alienbees, skyport, pocket wizards, are some of the higher end ones.

ledmun

Thanks guys for all the info, it appears that I need to do some more homework but its fun!

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>The Phottix Cleon doesn't work well in the cold.

Can you describe what fails in the cold? And what temperature is cold?

The device is a simple radio transmitter - receiver using 50 year old circuitry with modern packaging. Try keeping the remote in a warm pocket to isolate problems to either transmitter or receiver. In the house you can refrigerate the remote to reverse components in the experiment keeping the receiver at room temperature.

I have a Phottix and know they must use an extremely low power in order to avoid FCC regulations. Mine becomes intermittant beyond 30 feet and when this happens, changing the orientation of the remove antenna usually restores operation.

The Phottix build quality is consistent with its $20 price but it does the job.

>>The Phottix Cleon doesn't work well in the cold.
>
>Can you describe what fails in the cold? And what temperature
>is cold?
>
>The device is a simple radio transmitter - receiver using 50
>year old circuitry with modern packaging. Try keeping the
>remote in a warm pocket to isolate problems to either
>transmitter or receiver. In the house you can refrigerate the
>remote to reverse components in the experiment keeping the
>receiver at room temperature.
>
>I have a Phottix and know they must use an extremely low power
>in order to avoid FCC regulations. Mine becomes intermittant
>beyond 30 feet and when this happens, changing the orientation
>of the remove antenna usually restores operation.
>
>The Phottix build quality is consistent with its $20 price but
>it does the job.

I used the Phottix Cleon at -5C and it worked well at 10M or less, but once you got past 10M, it became unreliable. Once you got to 20M it no longer worked at all. It is advertised to work to 100M. The way it was unreliable was intermittent shutter release. Keeping the receiver in a warm pocket is not an option as it is attached to the camera. I contacted HK Supplies and Ken told me that the Phottix Cleon was not designed to operate in cold temperatures. I don't test stuff in the refridgerator, here in Alaska in the winter, it is colder outside than in a refridgerator or freezer.

David C. Ramey
David Ramey Photography

>>>The Phottix Cleon doesn't work well in the cold.
>Keeping the receiver in a warm pocket is not an option

True, but keeping the remote in a warm pocket is an option.
Which is why I suggested the experiment to learn the weak link.

To increase preformance of my transmitter, I inserted an 8k2 resistor on the common cathode of the LED. The LED now no longer shines so bright.

This modification reduces the current drawn by the LED and therefore reduces voltage drop on the transmitter circuit.

>To increase preformance of my transmitter, I inserted an 8k2
>resistor on the common cathode of the LED. The LED now no
>longer shines so bright.
>
>This modification reduces the current drawn by the LED and
>therefore reduces voltage drop on the transmitter circuit.


Brownie127, since it sounds like you know about the Phottix Cleon maybe you could answer this for me. My receiver doesn't work by pushing the button on the transmitter. Transmitter lights up but nothing happens. The receiver works by pushing the button but the lights don't work. Is there anything I can do to fix said reciever?

Thanks,
Bob

Bob