awahlster Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 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. So any help?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_prouty Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_prouty Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Scratch that flash question. You DID say which flash, Sorry! Still don't know terminal type though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_goldfarb Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain_b Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshwand Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanealexander Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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