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It changes the light, not just fires it

Walimex pro Walimex pro trigger, 16 channels, 4 groups, 25 g

The one trigger here that controls its lights as well as firing them — modelling light and flash power from the camera, across 16 channels and 4 groups, for 34 €.

Walimex pro flash trigger, a small black transmitter for a camera hot shoe

Walimex pro Walimex pro trigger, 16 channels, 4 groups, 25 g

The one trigger here that controls its lights as well as firing them — modelling light and flash power from the camera, across 16 channels and 4 groups, for 34 €.

Radio system named
Named by the lights rather than by a protocol: the second bullet says it is for the Walimex pro VE, VC and Newcomer series and connects directly to the receivers built into those heads, so no separate receivers or cables are needed. The first bullet gives a stable 2.4 GHz link. That is a closed and clearly stated system — narrower than the Godox or NEEWER ecosystems, and unambiguous about what it drives
Camera mounts supported
Any shoe with a centre contact, per the fourth bullet, which names the centre contact as the means of firing. No camera system is named and none is excluded, which follows from the fact that nothing but the fire signal needs to pass — the control it offers goes to the lights, not through the camera
Channel and group counts
16 channels and 4 groups, in the third bullet, which explains what they are for: organising several heads into groups and using channels to keep multiple systems apart in a larger studio. Both numbers, and the reason for each — the only page on this shelf to do that
Remote power control
Yes, and it is the fifth bullet’s whole subject: the trigger fires the flashes and also controls functions such as the modelling light and the flash power, which the bullet says suits ceiling rail systems and heads that are hard to reach. This is the capability the hub above names as the reason to want a transmitter rather than a fire button
Metering and sync modes claimed
Sync to 1/160 second, in the fourth bullet. No metering and no high-speed sync is claimed. It is the lowest sync ceiling on this shelf — the two cheap sets claim 1/250 s — and it is stated plainly alongside a claim that it suits movement
Power source
Not published on the listing. The fourth bullet gives a weight of 25 grams and describes the unit as compact on the camera shoe, and no cell type appears anywhere
Amazon reference
B00I48K7D0 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4250234598996
  • Remote control of flash power and the modelling light, not just firing — the only trigger here that does both
  • 16 channels and 4 groups, with the purpose of each explained
  • Sync at 1/160 s, the lowest ceiling on this shelf

Best for: A studio already built on Walimex pro heads, especially on ceiling rails, where reaching a light to change its power is the daily nuisance this solves.

≈ 30 €
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Specifications

Radio system named
Named by the lights rather than by a protocol: the second bullet says it is for the Walimex pro VE, VC and Newcomer series and connects directly to the receivers built into those heads, so no separate receivers or cables are needed. The first bullet gives a stable 2.4 GHz link. That is a closed and clearly stated system — narrower than the Godox or NEEWER ecosystems, and unambiguous about what it drives
Camera mounts supported
Any shoe with a centre contact, per the fourth bullet, which names the centre contact as the means of firing. No camera system is named and none is excluded, which follows from the fact that nothing but the fire signal needs to pass — the control it offers goes to the lights, not through the camera
Channel and group counts
16 channels and 4 groups, in the third bullet, which explains what they are for: organising several heads into groups and using channels to keep multiple systems apart in a larger studio. Both numbers, and the reason for each — the only page on this shelf to do that
Remote power control
Yes, and it is the fifth bullet’s whole subject: the trigger fires the flashes and also controls functions such as the modelling light and the flash power, which the bullet says suits ceiling rail systems and heads that are hard to reach. This is the capability the hub above names as the reason to want a transmitter rather than a fire button
Metering and sync modes claimed
Sync to 1/160 second, in the fourth bullet. No metering and no high-speed sync is claimed. It is the lowest sync ceiling on this shelf — the two cheap sets claim 1/250 s — and it is stated plainly alongside a claim that it suits movement
Power source
Not published on the listing. The fourth bullet gives a weight of 25 grams and describes the unit as compact on the camera shoe, and no cell type appears anywhere
Amazon reference
B00I48K7D0 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4250234598996

On the listing

Five bracketed bullets. Wireless firing of compatible studio flashes over a stable 2.4 GHz link with a range up to 30 metres; compatibility with the Walimex pro VE, VC and Newcomer series, connecting directly to the receivers built into those heads so no extra receivers or trigger cables are needed; up to 4 groups and 16 channels for controlling several systems separately, useful in larger studios and complex setups; a weight of 25 grams with a centre contact giving sync times up to 1/160 second, described as suiting movement; and control not only of the flash pulse but of functions such as the modelling light and the flash power, called ideal for ceiling rail systems and hard-to-reach heads.

It changes the light, not just fires it

The only trigger on this shelf that does. Six other pages here describe firing; this one describes turning a head down from the camera position and switching its modelling light. In a room where two of three lights are above head height, that is the whole day’s difference.

Sixteen channels, four groups, and why

Both numbers published and both explained: groups to control lights separately, channels to stay clear of another photographer’s system. Every other page here gives one figure, the other, or neither.

The receiver is already in the head

Walimex pro VE, VC and Newcomer heads carry receivers inside them — including the 132 € Newcomer 100 II in this catalogue. No box on the stand, no extra batteries, no sync lead.

One sixtieth short of the rest

A 1/160 s ceiling against the 1/250 s claimed by the cheap sets. With studio flash the motion is stopped by the flash duration rather than the shutter, so the cost is mostly in how far a bright room can be darkened behind the subject.

Twenty-five grams, and nothing about batteries

The weight is published and the power is not, on a page that is otherwise the most complete on this shelf.

Availability

Between 30 € and 38 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The British Amazon store carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Listed in the American Amazon catalogue with nothing on sale against the entry: the camera has a page there and no seller behind it.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What this fits

More flash triggers

  • Yongnuo RF-603NII transceiver pair in black with metal shoes and locking wheels

    YONGNUO RF-603NII transceivers, 100 m, identical and interchangeable

    Transceivers rather than a transmitter and receiver — every unit does both jobs and any two work together — with a 100 m range, the longest on this shelf, for 46 €.

    Radio system named
    Only as a product line: the RF-603NII, stated in the first bullet to be backwards compatible with the earlier RF-603. No protocol and no frequency is named. What is named instead is a design principle — the units are transceivers, identical and interchangeable, so any unit can transmit or receive. Extra units are sold separately, which is how the set grows
    Camera mounts supported
    Nikon, named in the title across the D1 to D800 range. The fourth bullet describes the release cable supplied for connecting a transceiver to the camera, and the first mentions a shoe with a screw clamp so the unit cannot slide sideways off the camera
    Channel and group counts
    Not published. Five long bullets describe the transceiver principle, the two firing arrangements, the camera release function and the multi-flash use, and no channel or group figure appears at all — the only page on this shelf to publish neither
    Remote power control
    None. The set fires flashes and cameras, and nothing describes adjusting a light’s power remotely
    Metering and sync modes claimed
    None claimed, and no sync ceiling is published either — unusual on this shelf, where 1/250 s and 1/160 s figures appear elsewhere. The fourth bullet does describe a two-stage release button, half press to focus and full press to fire, and says long exposures, continuous frames and video start and stop are all possible with the right camera setting
    Power source
    Not published. The first bullet mentions a side-mounted on-off switch as an improvement over the previous model, and no cell type or count appears anywhere
    Amazon reference
    B00HRT2XWK (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0095225138676
    • A 100 m range, more than three times the 30 m claimed by everything else here
    • Transceivers: identical units, any one transmitting or receiving, interchangeable and expandable
    • No channel or group counts published at all

    Best for: Firing a flash or a camera from a distance on a Nikon body, where the 100 m range and the ability to add identical units matter more than channels.

    ≈ £42 / 46 €
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  • JJC trigger set laid out with one transmitter, two receivers and its cables

    JJC One transmitter, two receivers, Nikon release cable

    A 36 € set that fires flashes and releases the shutter, with two receivers, both cables and the batteries in the box — and a compatibility list that reaches back to the F5.

    Radio system named
    None. Five bullets describe the contents, the compatible cameras, the compatible flashes, the dual function and the specifications, and no radio system or frequency appears. What the page does instead is name the hardware it works with on both sides, which is a different kind of assurance — concrete about the present, silent about what could be added later
    Camera mounts supported
    Nikon, named exhaustively in the second bullet — Z9, D500, D4S, D5, D810, D850, D800, D700, D300s, D300, D200, D100, D4, D3S, D3, D3X, D2H, D1H, D2Xs, D2x, D1X, D1, F100, F90x, F90, F6, F5 — plus Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and S5 Pro and the Kodak DCS-14n. A list that includes film bodies is unusual and tells you what the release cable fits
    Channel and group counts
    16 adjustable radio channels, in the fifth bullet, with no groups published. The same position as most of this shelf: enough channels to stay clear of interference, no means of controlling lights separately
    Remote power control
    None. The set fires flashes and releases shutters, and nothing on the page describes changing a flash’s power from the transmitter
    Metering and sync modes claimed
    Sync to 1/250 s, in the fifth bullet, and no metering or high-speed sync. The fourth bullet claims something else worth having: it can fire speedlights and studio flashes at once, and supports several flashes firing together
    Power source
    Supplied — a 23A cell and an AAA alkaline cell are in the box list, which is the only page on this shelf to include batteries at all. It does not say which unit takes which, and the counts for a three-piece set are not broken down
    Amazon reference
    B0793NCKJ5 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6971448872662
    • Two receivers in the box, so two lights are covered by one purchase
    • It doubles as a camera remote release, with the Nikon shutter cable supplied
    • No system and no frequency named anywhere

    Best for: A Nikon photographer lighting a still life or a portrait with two manual heads, who also wants a wireless shutter release from the same box.

    ≈ £30 / 36 €
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  • Andoer WanSen AC-04 flash trigger set with transmitter, receiver and sync cable

    Andoer WanSen AC-04, 4 channels, 30 m

    The cheapest trigger here at 17 €, with four channels, a 1/250 s sync claim and a cable for cameras with no hot shoe — and no system, no groups and no stated power source.

    Radio system named
    None. Five bullets describe a set, a sync speed, a fit, a cable and a range, and no radio system and no frequency appears — less even than the 433 MHz stated by the trigger above it. What arrives in the box works together, and the page gives no basis for saying what else ever will
    Camera mounts supported
    Canon, Nikon and Sony reflex bodies with a single-point hot shoe, in the third bullet. Single-point means the central firing contact only, so nothing is passed but the signal to fire — and the fourth bullet adds a connecting cable for cameras and transmitters, so a body without a usable shoe can still trigger the set
    Channel and group counts
    Four channels, in the first bullet, and no groups. It is the smallest channel count on this shelf — the trigger beside it offers sixteen — and four is enough to avoid a clash in a quiet room and not in a busy hall
    Remote power control
    None. Nothing on the page describes adjusting a light from the transmitter
    Metering and sync modes claimed
    A highest sync speed of 1/250 second, in the second bullet, and nothing else: no metering, no high-speed sync, no named modes. For a manual studio set that is the honest minimum, and the figure is above the sync speed of many bodies
    Power source
    Not published on the listing. Neither the transmitter nor the receiver has a cell type or count named, which on a two-piece radio set is a real omission — the trigger above it at least states two AAA cells for its receiver
    Amazon reference
    B00NTXUQ4U (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0702411269198
    • Seventeen euros, the cheapest way to get a manual flash off the camera on this shelf
    • A connecting cable supplied, so a camera without a usable hot shoe can still fire the set
    • No system and not even a frequency named, so nothing can be said about future compatibility

    Best for: Getting one manual studio head off the camera for the least money, on a reflex body with an ordinary hot shoe.

    ≈ 17 €
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Elsewhere in the camera bag

  • Canon EF-EOS R mount adapter between an EF lens and an RF body

    Canon EF and EF-S lenses onto RF bodies

    Ninety-five euros to put EF and EF-S lenses on an RF body, with ten cameras named, a sealed metal mount, and two caps and a pouch in the box.

    Mounts joined
    EF and EF-S to RF — a real mount adapter, unlike the three ring sets on this shelf, which join filter threads. The intro above explains why this direction works at all: an adapter can only add to the distance between mount face and sensor, and EF is the longer-flanged system, so the gap is filled by an empty tube rather than corrected by glass
    Contacts present
    Not itemised, and that is the gap on this page. The first bullet claims existing EF and EF-S lenses work with performance unchanged and in parts better, and the fourth says the body generates a crop for EF-S lenses — both of which require the body to know what is attached. The contacts are implied throughout and never listed
    Functions claimed
    Performance "unchanged and in parts better", in the first bullet. The intro above asks for functions one at a time — autofocus, aperture control, stabilisation communication, metadata — and this page names none of them individually, which is the pattern that tip warns about
    Optical elements
    None named, and none is needed here. EF sits further from the sensor than RF, so the adapter is a spacer; the corrective element the intro above describes belongs to adapters working the other way, against the flange distance
    Tripod foot
    Not mentioned. The intro above says a foot matters as soon as the lens outweighs the body, which on a mirrorless body with a long EF telephoto is most of the time
    Aperture ring
    Not on this version. The page describes one adapter and names no control ring and no filter slot
    Build
    A metal mount, dust- and splash-protected, in the third bullet. The fifth lists what comes with it: the adapter, an R-F-3 body cap, an RF rear lens cap, a pouch and a manual — two caps, because an adapter left on the body means the lens cap and the body cap no longer fit what they were bought for
    Amazon reference
    B07H5SL6W3 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4549292115703
    • Ten RF bodies named on the page, rather than a mount specification alone
    • A dust- and splash-protected metal mount, at 95 €
    • No function list: "performance unchanged and in parts better" stands in for autofocus and aperture claims

    Best for: A bag of EF glass moving onto an RF body, where the lenses are to keep working exactly as they did.

    ≈ $121 / £98 / 95 €
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  • K&F Concept eighteen-piece filter ring set in its two rows of nine

    K&F CONCEPT Eighteen rings, nine up and nine down

    Eighteen rings for 23 €, nine up and nine down — the only set on this shelf that can fit a smaller filter to a larger lens, with the vignetting that implies.

    Mounts joined
    NONE, again: filter threads. The first bullet says the set matches a lens thread to the thread of any other accessory, which is the clearest statement of the job on this shelf. The 95 € Canon and the 185 € Nikon here are the mount adapters
    Contacts present
    None
    Functions claimed
    Fitting, in both directions — and the second direction is what distinguishes this set. The second bullet lists nine step-up rings, the third nine step-down, and the fourth says the ring screws easily onto the front of any lens
    Optical elements
    None
    Tripod foot
    Not applicable
    Aperture ring
    Not applicable
    Build
    Described in the first bullet as extremely robust and light, with NO MATERIAL NAMED — where the 11 € Belmalia and the 11 € CAMKIX both say anodised aluminium. The fifth bullet promises a perfect, secure fit with no wobble and no thread wear
    Amazon reference
    B00JL4HGAI (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0700424378524
    • Eighteen rings, and the only step-down set on this shelf
    • The step-up half matches the nine sizes of the 11 € CAMKIX set exactly
    • No material named, where both 11 € sets specify anodised aluminium

    Best for: A bag where a filter is sometimes larger than the lens and sometimes smaller — a compact lens borrowing a big filter one day, a big lens borrowing a small one the next.

    ≈ $28 / £22 / 23 €
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  • Nikon FTZ II adapter mounted between an F-mount lens and a Z-mount body

    Nikon FTZ II — F lenses onto Z bodies

    One hundred and eighty-five euros to put F-mount lenses on a Z body, with full autofocus and auto exposure claimed for "numerous" of them — and four bullets that name none.

    Mounts joined
    F to Z — the second true mount adapter on this shelf, beside the 95 € Canon. The intro above explains the direction: F sits far from the sensor because it was built around a mirror, Z sits close, so the adapter restores a distance rather than correcting an optical error
    Contacts present
    Not itemised, but necessarily there: the second bullet claims full autofocus and automatic exposure, and neither is possible through a passive tube. The page never says how many contacts or what else passes — stabilisation communication and metadata are not mentioned
    Functions claimed
    Two, and separately, which is more than any other adapter page here manages: FULL AUTOFOCUS and AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE, for "numerous" F lenses. The intro above warns that claims of this kind are graded rather than binary and that makers usually publish a compatibility list; the word "numerous" is doing the work of that list
    Optical elements
    None named, and none is required in this direction
    Tripod foot
    Not mentioned anywhere in four bullets. The intro above calls a foot important as soon as the lens outweighs the body, which describes most F-mount telephotos on a Z body
    Aperture ring
    Not mentioned. Older F lenses with no electronic aperture depend on how the adapter drives the mechanical lever, and the page says nothing about that at all
    Build
    Robust and protected against dust and splashes, in the fourth bullet, with good ergonomics claimed in the first. The third bullet — "a new level of sharpness" — is a claim about image quality on a device this page never says contains an optical element
    Amazon reference
    B09KKTQSQ9 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4960759909121
    • Autofocus and automatic exposure claimed as two separate functions, not as one word
    • Dust and splash protection on a 185 € adapter, matching the 95 € Canon here
    • Four bullets, and not one names a lens or a body

    Best for: F-mount glass moving onto a Z body, for a buyer who will check their own lenses against the maker’s published list elsewhere.

    ≈ $226 / £148 / 185 €
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