Bowens Pulsar Missing Accessories

nikonuser · 15 Mar 2011

Could someone please tell me what the accessories are to the Bowens Pulsar.
I have a chance to buy a unit but it has no accessories. All I want it for is to fire a Bowens Gemini 500R so presumably it could do this without the accessories Would it be possible to buy these from Bowens or 3rd party sources.
Thanks
Dave

ChrisMClark · 15 Mar 2011

Looking around I can't see anywhere that lists any accessories with them, just the transceiver itself. At most all I could imagine would come with it is a sync cable?

Garry Edwards · 15 Mar 2011

I bought some years ago, IIRC there was a short sync lead, a 3.5mm > 6.5mm adapter and a slimline bungee cord for fitting the tranceiver to the head or generator. But don't take that as gospel, my memory could be wrong.

nikonuser · 16 Mar 2011

Thanks Chris and Gary my searches did not pick up any info. so appreciate your help
Dave

Toxic · 18 Mar 2011

You should get a flat metal mounting plate with four self adhesive rubber pads a bungee cord for attaching that to the flash unit plus a short coiled sync lead and a 3.5mm > 6.5mm jack adaptor. At least that is what I got with mine!

nikonuser · 18 Mar 2011

Thanks Toxic, for the info.

cobra_lite · 19 Mar 2011

You will also need the antenna unit and plug-in card for the flash head - sold seperately.

nikonuser · 19 Mar 2011

Yes, Thanks Cobra, thats about another £67 I think
The unit less accessories is £100, so £167 total??
There is nothing wrong with a cheaper Chinese radio transmitter I suppose, then I could spend my extra money on a lightmeter which may be more useful to me
Dave

cobra_lite · 20 Mar 2011

I keep a 'cheap Chinese trigger' in the bag in case of failure on the Pulsar, though it's not been required so far. Cost £15 and plugs into the synch-cable socket on the flash-head.

It doesn't like rechargeable batteries though, I found. Even fully-charged rechargeables didn't work.
Even using cheap disposables, all worked fine - I can only surmise the slightly lower output (1.2v as opposed to 1.5v) was the reason for this.

nikonuser · 20 Mar 2011

Interesting, thanks, will bare that in mind