speedlight 550ex and ttl shoe adapter 3

Here is my setup:

 

EOS 5 -> TTL Shoe Adapter 3 -> Connecting Cord 60 -> Off Camera Shoe Adapter

OA2 -> Speedlight 550ex

 

The problem is that the speedlight doesn't display the flash range in this setup. I've

checked all of the contacts and everything is clean and (appears) to be working. I've

tried just mounting the speedlight on top of the TTL shoe adapter and still no flash

range display.

 

So, my question is ... is the ttl shoe adapter broken, or is this just not a configuration

in which the flash range will display? The flash still fires correctly and reports correct

exposures. I haven't found anything that says whether I'm cracked one way or

another.

There are a number of functions that are lost when using your setup. It's logical that the flash range indicator is just another one, especially since the distance displayed would not be based upon the distance from the camera but from where the flash is remotely located.

This setup is TTL-only, and a lot of functionality is lost. Since you appear to need only a 60cm cord, use the Off-Camera Shoe Cord 2, which allows the flash to operate just as if it was on the camera.

A whole pile of features don't work with that connecting cord setup, unfortunately.

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