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Postby surenj on Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:13 am

I am considering buying a wireless radio flash setup from ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Channels-Wireless-Flash-Trigger_W0QQitemZ170041929145QQihZ007QQcategoryZ64354QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But the battery types seems to be rather foreign.

4LR44 6V
23A 12V

Does any of you have any experience as to how accesible or affordable these batteries are in Australia?

Thanks for your replies..
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:45 am

The first battery is the LR44 and you will need 4 of them - cost from Jaycar $1.40 each.

The second battery A23 is $2.65 from the same source :wink:
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Postby Biggzie on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:49 am

Ive been getting A23's from Dick Smith. I think I paid $2.35, but that was a while ago.
They are quite common in some remote's like garage door openers, panick alarms and older central locking etc
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Postby gstark on Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:41 pm

This looks like something we should be able to get through Poon.

:)
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:36 pm

gstark wrote:This looks like something we should be able to get through Poon.

:)


I'd definitely be interested :)
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Postby digitor on Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:10 pm

PiroStitch wrote:
gstark wrote:This looks like something we should be able to get through Poon.

:)


I'd definitely be interested :)


I'm not normally one who makes "me too" posts, but - me too! :lol:

Currently I use a cable for one flash and an optical slave for another, so a transmitter with two receivers would suit me just fine. Three pocket wizards would be nice, but at around $1200, I dont think I'll bother. :?

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Postby surenj on Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:16 pm

Thanks for your replies! I will be buying these transmitters soon. Will report on progress... Has anyone got a 430EX? Just about to buy one and wondering whether there are any negatives about it . Will be using with my 350D mostly off camera flash..
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