Canon's Off Camera Shoe Cord altern's

[alphamaster]

Hi all,

 

there many topics on Canon's Off Camera Shoe Cord 3rd part that supports e-ttl

for DSLR, but none of them discusses clear what there are and where to find.

Canon's original one comes as <i>Canon Off Camera Shoe Cord 2</i>

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The question is: <br>

1) Do you know a 3rd part cord, of course cheaper than $80, which supports all

features (e-ttl). Where to buy it? Does it really work with dSLR+speedlite

(350d+430EX etc).

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2) there are some of them on e-bay <a

href="http://cgi.ebay.com/E-TTL-Off-Camera-Shoe-Flash-Cord-for-Canon-EF-EOS-ETTL_W0QQitemZ160088415012QQihZ006QQcategoryZ64354QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">like

this one </a>. Did someone try it?

 

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thanks in advanced for clear answer. Please, do not tell me to buy

RadioTransmiter etc. We are talking about extension cord ! <br><br>

 

<i>Alpha</i>

[PuppyDigs]

This was just discussed a couple days ago in this forum. Scroll down and save $10...

[PuppyDigs]

B&H sells the OSCII for $49.95.

[brucecyr]

eBay item looks like the thing discussed here:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00K20k

 

If it works, it works. Questions: Does it work? Is the potential savings worth the risk to you?

[m3rdpwr]

Didn't Canon just introduce a new one too?

 

Weather sealed I thought...

 

-Mario

[Michael Eckstein]

Promaster makes a cord that seems to be more heavy duty than others. I gone through a number of Canon cords and bought this one after reading Artie Morris's reccomendation http://birdsasart.com/accs.html#Flash%20Extension%20Cord/Off%20Camera%20TTL

[alphamaster]

Thanks Puppy Face. Yes, I have seen the previous posts, but did not realy understood that they talk about the same item.

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<i>B&H sells the OSCII for $49.95.</i>

<br>Sorry, did not find on BH this item.

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<i>Didn't Canon just introduce a new one too?</i> Have no idea. Any links guys?

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<i>Promaster makes a cord that seems to be more heavy duty than others. I gone through a number of Canon cords and bought this one after reading Artie Morris's reccomendation</i><br>

Sounds interesting, but seems to be only TTL. Does it support e-TTL think?

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thanks all. Alpha.

[brucecyr]

OSCII = OffcameraShoeCord 2

 

Latest installment of my Dot Line saga: Can't seem to make it NOT work now -- little bugger worked perfectly on two tests today, a.m & p.m.

[alphamaster]

Bruce C, you are right, BH has cord 2 for $49. have to go through categories, search does not pick up it. thanks for pointing out.

[alternative 3 more]

So everybody has an answer as to brand. What about length of cord? I think most of these are built for 100 uses before the cord begins to have shorting problems, too weak a connection. But if anyone knows of a cord which is longer, say 6', let me know. I see that Dot Line has 3' cord but I have built a Light Box with doors 45" away for some diffused backlighting & want to be able to reach it. And I know I could pick up another flash wirelessly controlled by my 580ex, but I only want to use 1 flash & 2 continuous lights.

 

Thanks.

[mark u]

Paramount Cords sells adapted OCSC2s with various cable lengths out to 100 ft.

 

http://www.paramountcords.com/ttl.asp

 

If you know what you are doing with a soldering iron and can get 6 core cable and maybe suitable 6 way connectors you could make your own longer cable version with or without a plug in extension.