Thanks Matt and Stanley.
I talked to Marc Gottula of HenselUSA and he clarified (to my satisfaction) how the Hensel remote system works. And I just cannot justify the expense of that system for the little it'll do for me.
My biggest concern was not having to climb a ladder to adjust my hair light and I have a solution that'll probably work fine for me.
I'm going with 3 Integra Pro heads (no radio system) and I'll hook up my Pocket Wizard receiver to one of them and use the PW for triggering the flashes from the camera and the radio module in my Sekonics to trigger them for metering. Since I'm also getting a Porty Premium Plus (wish there was a version of that with the new battery without the radio system) for those times when I have a hair light up high, I'll use one of the Porty heads. Even without the remote control, the Porty adjustments are made on the power pack and not the head, so with that I won't have to climb any ladders.
I'm pretty sure I'll be able to live with the (slower) recycle time on the Porty in the studio but if not, I'll consider the (expensive) ac adapter for it or even an Integra Pro Plus head (since I'll already have the transmitter from the Porty Premium kit).
What do you think? Would you do it differently?
Now I've just got to decide between B&H and the Canadian source (Headshots). B&H is slightly cheaper (even after exchange and shipping) and they have it all in stock (Headshots needs to order from Germany). Samy's hasn't responded (at all!) to my email asking for prices after 5 business days, and I just found out why that is... they don't accept Canadian orders. (But it would have been nice if they'd responded to tell me that.)
Can't wait to get my hands on these new Hensels!
Cheers!
Eldor
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