I have been reading the "strobist" website and I went out and got a clamp for my sb800 so I can shoot off camera. I have an alien Bees strobe as well (ring flash that works as a strtobe with the moon unit). Do I need the pocket wizard to fire both flashes? I have a cheap version of it which I paid $40 for, and which is wireless but is a transitter and a receiver, two pieces. If I plug that in to my sb800, I am pretty sure the alien bees strobe will fire simultaneously. But someone at a camera store today told me that I would need two sb800's to get one of them to fire wirelessly.
So I guess my question is should I invest in a pocket wizard, or are the less expensive wireless transmitters and recievers okay for all this? As I understand it the pocket wizard is a transceiver, does not need a receiver. Not sure how that works, anybody know? thanks.