Jeep Commander Rear View Mirror Control

These radios are amazing. Installed in my Jeep above my rear view mirror and I am stoked about it. It’s small enough to not be in the way but is great for communicating with fellow Jeep’s. I used the ghost antenna so that it didn’t get wiped out by limbs on the trail. I’m thinking of purchasing the 6db antenna to help increase my range. I feel you can’t go wrong with this radio! Will be purchasing another for my sons Jeep.

I say little, but it's a real powerhouse! Its compact size allows it to mount above the mirror in my jeep and its 15 watts of power allows me to reach out to anyone in my group offroad. The install could not have been easier. I highly recommend.

To have the ability to use a remote commander for your setup is a must have. Ease of use and control are priceless.

In the mid-1980s I bought a Nikon 7.5mm f5.6 circular fisheye. Being an older design (1966) its rear elements protruded into the mirror box. Fortunately my F3 had a hard physical mirror lockup. The external viewfinder for this lens attached to the camera on the original Nikon F/F2’s proprietary flash shoe. I was able to buy an AS-3 flash adapter for the F3. With the F3s mirror locked up I also had to use an hand-held light meter. With amazing depth of foield focusing was never an issue. The old zoom lens had six filters on a wheel. One was a skylight and the other five were strongly colored for B&W film. While I liked the circular results, using the lens was a hassle. I often had my shoes or forehead in the picture. On a sunny day, my images suffered from solar flares. My new Nikon 8-15mm AF-S fisheye has none of those old problems. It fits on my DSLRs without any problem. It doesn’t need an external finder or separate light meter. At the 8mm setting (and lens hood off) I get a circular image very much like the vintage fisheye. The new lens is faster and focusable. Like my 14mm f2.8 Nikkor, this zoom uses gel filters inserted in the rear of the lens. I really don’t like this arrangement. This fisheye is similar in weight and size to the 14mm lens. I am also not fond of the electronic aperture control first seen on G lenses. Without an aperture ring one cannot use this zoom on older cameras. At the longer end of the zoom range (12-15mm) the image fills the (FX) frame and lens hood stays out of the way. This image is similar to my inexpensive Bower (Samyang?) 8mm fisheye with its fixed lens hood (and DX coverage). So far I haven’t used my new lens much but I think I will like it.

This is a fantastic and easy to use flash commander, it really is all that I could have asked for. It's easy to set up, easy to use, you can control exposure of multiple groups at the same time, just an absolutely amazing commander. The only downside is that you're locked into the Nissin system with only one radio controlled flash (at the time of purchase, anyways).

I've used my first SU800 with a D300 for around six years, even though the body has a built-in Commander feature. The controls on the back of the SU800 are much easier and faster to use. The built-in Commander in many of the Nikon bodies only control 2 Groups. The SU800 lets you control three groups, and of course, each group can have multiple strobes. I bought my first SU800 after trying to photograph our little golden retriever puppy. She'd blink during the preflashes when using the D300 popup flash, but didn't blink with the SU800 controlling the off camera strobes. Since March, I have been using an SU800 with a D4, controlling groups of SB900 and SB910 Speedlights. Until Nikon builds radio frequency controllers into the cameras and speedlights, this is a great alternative, made even better if paired with a Radio Popper transmitter and receivers. The SU800 is light and compact, and way less than half the price of buying an SB910 to control other off camera strobes. Some of the other reviews mentioned poor performance if the remote strobes are behind objects or inside umbrellas. That's a function of the IR (infra red) line-of-sight technology and not necessarily a failure of the SU800. To solve the problem 100% of the time, you'd might need to invest in a third party bridge like a Radio Popper PX system to convert the IR to RF, then RF back to IR. If you go that way, you can trip the remote strobes at 100 yards in bright daylight and through walls and around corners with the SU800 controlling all of the strobes.

This flash works great, it rotates, swivels, and covers a lot of area. I purchased this flash with the Air 1 commander, and they sync in less then 3 seconds. The flash has plenty of control capability, as well can be operated remotely, and it comes with a small stand, for impromptu remote flash photography. I am a novice photographer, but this flash makes my shots look great, by offering flash lighting control, so I dont over expose my photos, nor under exposed, and I dont have to keep repositioning the remote light source, because I can increase or decrease its flash power. I paired the flash with the Air 1 commander and on my Sony A7R ii and thus far, I have a realiable flash system that I can take anywhere.

This works well as a head strap but it also works if you want to use it to wrap around something that may be easily scratched. This could mean the side view mirror of a car or maybe just to wrap around your pet. Over all, this product is one to have handy.

This rear cam is small enough to not interfere with your view out your back window. The picture quality is great!!!

This is my second dash camera from Garmin. I use it for a rear view. The size is phenomenal. It doesn't attract attention. Very good software. Voice commands are very well designed and functional. It syncs with the front camera and works very well with the parking cable. The image quality is pretty good.. Higher resolution would require a lot more disk space.