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If you want to get better flash pictures, the first thing you need to do is to move the flash off your camera. There are great resources telling you how to do this – Strobist might be my favorite.

Depending on the DSLR and external flash that you own, doing this might be easy. A Nikon D300 with SB-800 allows you to do off camera flash without any additional equipment (within some limits regarding distance and angle, for example).

But real flexibility requires a wireless remote trigger. The gold standard for this is the Pocket Wizard. Which is called the “gold” standard for a reason as it is really expensive. Since I didn’t want to spend USD 570 for a setup for two flashes I went with the ultra-cheap Cactus V2s instead. USD 50 for a setup for two flashes. That’s more like it.

I’ve had them for a week now and used them a few times and am really happy. Reliable, easy to use, sufficiently sturdily built. Highly recommended!