AODELAN Wireless Flash Trigger Transmitter and Receiver 2.4 GHz Frequency for Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Fuji, Samsung,Sony(Except…

Very good product.

I use this for weddings. Its only drawback is you can not have a flash on your camera along with the trigger.
Still 5 stars.

I don’t know if I got a faulty product but this one issue ruined the whole product for me. Every first shot I took, the transmitter/receiver would not work and my flash would not go off. So if I set up a shot and take 3-4 photos, the first one is always black. ALWAYS. The second, third, and on photos will be fine but if you take any time at all between shots it will initially misfire all over again. In a single dog studio session I had at least 15 misfires and 15 missed opportunities for a great photo. At the very least it’s embarrassing to have misfiring equipment when shooting headshots. And then when I have subjects that don’t sit still like dogs I’m missing shots because they turn out black.

Soy maestro de Fotografía y este producto es fácil de usar para los estudiantes

I just spent an hour or more setting up four Alien Bees Paul Buff units at Towson University’s arena for a high school hoops game about two days after setting up four hot shoe flashes using an older set of Neewer 2.4Ghz wireless transceivers. It wasn’t so much to try lighting the entire floor of SECU Arena but really to test whether Aodelan was even in the ballpark – for that matter in the neighborhood or right next to myself. And I hella wanted these to be somewhat consistent. Even sporadically. Not necessarily all four but even the closest two or even on nearby. And these just don’t cut it. At all. Maybe for studio work close by but I can’t trust these for this year’s spring training media day.

The other night I tried these as well as my Neewer system to see line of sight and through my home wall. The Neewer system triggered more consistently than Aodelan. It seemed to reach further. Yet I had hopes and expectations based on the reviews (as they chatted about studio and camera gear that I’ve been familiar with throughout my 38yr career). Perhaps my hopes were too lofty but I’ll just say that all of that setting up with 2 lights in the mezzanine (opposite the food area, behind scorers table) + two others on the 3rd floor (pointing from executive suites), was worth it in regards to the fact that I am returning these this week. I don’t want them in my gear.

When I couldn’t even trigger the flash behind my media table which was perhaps 20 feet away, line of sight, that’s a FAIL. Sure load up with the excuses. Maybe radio interference. Perhaps the receivers were in bad positions. It’s a big place. The batteries weren’t full.

Yah, keep chiming in on the excuses. It translates to, these units cannot trigger in real life situations. Period. And I used fresh batteries. By halftime I removed the transmitter and went with available light. For those who know SECU Arena it’s a relatively new venue. But my reason was a real world test, not to grab award winning SI-style shots. I was shooting at 1/200th @ f 6.3 (Sigma 60-600mm 6.3) at ISO 1000. For some of the images where some flashes triggered there was plenty of ambient light and hence, motion blur.

I shot from the mezzanine and on the floor, moving to center court, both sidelines and beneath baskets. The closest I was on floor was perhaps 70 feet from the nearest. The farthest? A good 150 feet estimated. Sometimes all four triggered. If anyone has painted a court with strobe light the feeling is exhilarating. The results can be superb.

The game at the high school gym was more intimate and I only shot the first five minutes to capture a player for a deadline, but the lighting production is worth the pride of the job. Anyway, it was rare tonight to get all four lights to pop. I still grabbed game action (plus coach images and a nice image of the archbishop) worthy of publishing. But I can’t trust these to perform anywhere near the range that Aodelan claim.

Reviews need to be as concise and detailed as possible especially when it’s a negative review. I’ll look to add some of the good and the fail images.