Phottix Odin TTL Flash Trigger/Receiver Kit for Canon

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Product Feature

• PHOTTIX Odin Wireless TTL Flash Trigger Set For Canon
• Phottix Odin TCU Transmitter
• Phottix Odin Receiver �
• 4x AA Batteries 
• 3.5mm to PC Sync Cable�

Product Description

Photographers can wirelessly trigger TTL flashes, retaining full TTL functions, as well as remotely control power and flash zoom settings. Shooting with off-camera TTL flash has been made incredibly easy.

Say goodbye to manual mode, proprietary flash-based triggering, or setting values on your camera LCD

Phottix Odin TTL Flash Trigger/Receiver Kit for Canon Review

I have a Canon 7D with a 580EX II flash. Tomorrow I'm returning my two PocketWizard FlexTT5s. I've replaced them with Phottix's Odin TTL system. Here's why:

1. The Flexes offer only very limited access to the camera's External Flash menu system. The only options you can access are the flash exposure compensation (FEC) and the type of TTL II (evaluative versus average). For what it's worth, both of my radios had PW's latest firmware (6.000) and I contacted their support department for advice. It took them less than a business day for them to reply that I would also need to buy an AC3 zone controller for this.
2. I can't put the Flexes on a standard tripod quick release plate. The male hot shoe beneath the Flex gets in the way of the screw in the tripod head or quick release plate. This is important for me because I usually travel with only one standard tripod and a Joby Focus so I need to be able to use either one to hold my flash when it's off camera.
3. In my setup, the range of Flexes was just about 90-92 feet.
4. The flash would only fire 1 in 3-4 shots at 45-50 feet when the remote Flex was hidden behind a small bush. I did not try to use the AC5 RF soft shield metallic sock because, though it might have extended my range it would not have solved problems 1 and 2.

Just so that I give you a point of reference, I expected my remote TTL flash trigger system to at least work as my flash does when it is in the hot shoe on the camera or connected to the camera via a TTL cable like the Promaster. I want to have access to the same menu options so that I can set these controls from my camera's LCD screen.

The Phottix Odin TTL Flash does all of this for the ETTL II mode, but it does it wirelessly. I haven't been able to find a way to set the flash to manual or multi-flash (strobe) mode FROM the camera. The options are available for selection, but the selection doesn't stick and jumps back to ETTL II default. Instead you have to set the manual mode and change the settings from the Odin Transmitter. I have yet to find a way to set the multi-flash mode either from the camera or the transmitter. I hope that Phottix will be able to update the firmware to enable these two modes. This would earn them a 5th star from me.

Here are other points of interest:
1. Range: in excess of 360 feet / 120 meters. I stopped measuring the distance beyond that since it would allow me to shoot at least in a basketball arena or at a track and field event.
2. Set the High-Speed Synch and 2nd Curtain Synch either from the camera or the Odin transmitter.
3. High-Speed Synch allowed me to shoot at 1/8,000 sec. It's awesome the creative options I have when shooting with a flash at that speed.
4. Change the FEC of up to three flash groups on the Odin transmitter.
5. Change the Flash Exposure Bracketing (FEB) on the camera menu system.
6. Change the lighting ratio between groups A and B on the Odin transmitter from the standard 1:8 to 8:1.
7. Use the Zoom button on the Odin transmitter or the camera menu system to manually override the zoom setting reported by the lens. For example, I often use a zoom setting on the flash of 105 mm to narrowly focus my beam of light (like a snoot would), regardless of the zoom setting reported by my lens.
8. Press the Clear button to reset the Odin transmitter to its default settings.
9. Phottix provides the cables and 6.3 mm adapter to connect the receiver to a studio strobe.
10. The Odin Transmitter can be used with Strato II wireless receivers but only in manual mode.
11. The firmware of the Odin system can be updated using the mini-USB cable provided.
12. The transmitter and receiver both use AA batteries. The receiver has a 5V input for external power.

Phottix reports that it has a patent pending on the Odin system, but I wasn't able to find what the patent covered. Does anyone have any details about this?

Something the PocketWizard FlexTT5 does that the Phottix Odin can't is act as a remote shutter trigger, though this option will cost you more than $100 for a special PW cable. Phottix instead offers the Cleon II option (transmitter and receiver) at less than half the price. It also just released the Aion system which combines a wireless shutter release and timer for long exposures. I wonder if the Aion will do time lapse photography too...

The bottom line is that I'm thrilled to be able to control the ETTL II functionality of my flash wirelessly from a distance of at least 360 feet / 120 meters. I hope that Phottix updates the firmware to enable control of both the manual and multi-flash modes from the camera menu system like TTL cables do. That would earn them a 5th star.

Thank you Phottix. This is my third product from you and not my last...

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