Does anyone make PC cords that work????

I have been having terrible luck with PC cords that don't work

properly. I'm willing to pay a reasonable amount for a decent cord

with a good lug that I don't have to tape together or hold tight in

my hand to be sure they will fire my flashes.

 

I'm currently using a home made setup based on a Canon 577G and 533G

flashes setup just litke they were monolites with 30" umbrellas not

real big not the best but I have a very small area for my work and I

can get f8 out of them with 100ASA film. I figured I already had

this equipment and by using it I can learn more about technics and

then when I have out grown then I will know better what my needs are

before dropping a grand on a decent small studio setup.

 

BUT the big monkey wrench in the whole deal is my PC cords so before

I buy more junk I thought I would ask if there is a certin brand

worth buying or should I just solder the damn things together. I

only have three joints 1) the camera body 2) the male to male cord 3)

the main flash (second and hair/background flash are optical slaved)

 

So it ain't like I have a big mess. I have used a small flash on

camera to trigger but I perfer not having a flash directly one the

camera.

 

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i feel your pain, and it absolutely pisses me off how far we've come with technology and we can't get a stupid low voltage cord to last more than a few shoots...

You don't say which flash you are trying to get a sync cord for. You did say a male to male, but is that PC male to PC male or household male to PC male? You also don't say how long it needs to be.

 

Paramount makes very sturdy sync cords. You can look to see if one of their cords will do the job by looking at B&H's website. Best I can offer without specific info.

Scratch that flash question. You DID say which flash, Sorry! Still don't know terminal type though.

Paramount cords are good. There's also a good male PC-to-male PC cord made by Nikon, if that's the one you need.

Thanks David I had seen the Nikon cord at B&H but forgot about it. I really only need one Male to Male and one long tether std. PC extentin cord for my system to work. BUT I really need it to work consistantly.

I had the same trouble Mark, and ended up spending a fortune on sync cable that would last a few session, then if I accidentaly rode over it witht he camera stand, or pulled it out wrong it would become intermitant. I spent a small fortune over the past few years and was dead against using infra red or radio triggers becuase of the high prices until I found one imported locally here in Australia for only $200 AUD. It attaches to the hotshoe on the Minolta (with an adaptor) and on the Mamiya with a PC cable (I never had problems with the mechanical PC sync with cables on the Mamiya) and have not had a problem since. I still use cables, but these are only for extension for the slave cells, and are short and can seem not to have the problems of the PC sync cables on cameras.

Paramount is as good as you're likely to get; but you'll still probably need to buy a few and replace them as they dud out on you. Most everybody I assist for these days has switched to pocketwizards.

forget pc cords, they are a tragic engineering failure.

 

you must get wireless trigger, either infrared or radio if you shoot outside.

 

I cant believe pc terminals and cords are still in use today. I find it insulting that camera companies expect me to use them.

 

shane