It's finally here.... it's the new Pixel King (Nikon Version) which is finally here.I've had my set for a few weeks now and indeed I am very impressed with this little Radio Trigger. It boosts an astonishing 8000th a second sync speed. And so far I've tested it at 4000th a second on my Nikon D90 (NB: Which is my D90's fastest Shutter Speed) and it's just perfection, time after time again. Not only that but I really wished that I had the money in the first place to buy that DSLR that shoots at 8000th of a second any way.
Right moving on then, there is a little bit of bad news for us Nikon shooters with regards to the new Pixel King (Nikon Version). This is to say that we thought that we would be able to control the behaviour of our speedlites with the Pixel King (Nikon Version) just as if we were working with the Nikon Creative Lighting System. Now it most be noted that this is just NOT the case and instead we are actually limited as to what it is that we can control wirelessly with the Pixel King (Nikon Version).
Here is a working example of what it is that I mean, let us say that I am shooting on I-TTL and I want to switch my speedlite over to a "Manual" setting..... well in this working example I can NOT change this setting on the speedlite via my DSLR or Pixel King wirelessly. As once again we Nikon shooters are limited as to what it is that we can control with our speedlites wirelessly.
On the other hand though if your a Canon shooter, then guess what your luck is in here lads, this is because you guys can in fact do the above working example with your speedlites no problem. What I have learnt recently is that Canon shooters have an extra setting in their menus that allow them to wirelessly control the behaviour of their external speedlite / flash systems which is a feature that Pixel has taken advantage of. But once again for us Nikon Shooters then we have lost out on this one.
But hey.... don't let that put you off... because again look at what it is that we have got, we have an I-TTL Trigger, with a max sync speed of 8000th of a second (WOW!!). It has an effective operational range of 100 meters (more than enough) and allows us to control our Nikon Cameras wirelessly with our speedlites via three ways. These three ways are.....
1) ISO
2) Apeture
3) Expousure Value
Not only that but the Pixel King Nikon Version only costs us £110 "ish" which is in my opinion offering us great savings for an I-TTL Raido Trigger when we compare it to the price of it's competitors (Cough, Cough, LPA Designs Pocket Wizards, Cough, Cough).
Of course the Pixel King is the big brother of the Pixel Bishop. And indeed both the King and the Bishop do share the same body. However, it has to be noted that Pixel has been busy adding some extra cosmetic improvements onto the body of the King over it's little brother the Bishop. The Kings Transmitter now boosts an Auto Focus Illumination Light. In addition to that, the King also now has "cut outs" on it's lock rings which allows us to insert "coins" into them in order to help assist us with the removing of the units if we happen to of screwed them on to tight in the first place (NB: Well done Pixel great feature you have added there). And lastly Pixel has also installed some locking "Pins" onto the foots of the Transmitters and the Receivers in order to add that little bit of additional security to the unit once it is connected to such sources such as your camera or speedlites foot mount. etc... etc...
For more infomation on the Pixel King then head on over to http://www.ukhighland.co.uk or alternatively watch my video below.
Regards
Strober
PS: I've also included some example images in this blog which I have taken with the my Kings and 1 Nikon D90 and 1 SB600 (Pics Just Below My Video).
