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I also have these hotshoe adapters, but don't like how you can't lock the foot (like you would with the flash itself).
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Those stereo mini plugs work OK? I was under the impression that only mono minis would work for this.
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I've had no problems using a stereo cable to these adapters. With pocket wizards and ebay triggers...
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@ Martijn,
These hotshoe adapters have a tripod mount on the bottom. I find that if you use a umbrella adapter and mount the hotshoe adapter straight to the umbrella adapter via the tripod mount, it won't move.
If you aren't using an umbrella you can just mount them straight you lightstand if it has a tripod mount screw.
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@ martyr,
Yes the stereo ones work fine.
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That's almost 1/3 price of an unshipped Wein hot shoe/household. The advantages of the Wein? Solid aluminum build, and circuit protection, rock-solid household connection, small form-factor. FYI.
Nice idea and great deal.
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martyr - A stereo mini plug will work fine in a mono mini jack. The tip and sleeve will match up and the ring will be left unconnected.
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the wein also has a threaded mount so you can screw it onto your umbrella adaptor/lightstand, but you can't beat it for $12 :)
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Yes, it does, but yes, $12-- that's a couple of drinks.
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I just recieved my 2 hotshoe adapters in the mail today and they worked like a champ. If you have canon strobes order these for your pocket wizard off camera setup.
Thanks Alvaro for this great info
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I have two flashes that don't have PC connectors. Is this the connector that I would need to get to work with the 16 channel Ebay Wireless unit? The 4 channel wireless receivers do not require a PC cable to be connected to them in order for them to flash. However, I am having all kinds of problems with random firing of my flashes with the 4 channel wireless triggers.
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Yup! That would do it. I just got mine in the mail and I connected it with the 4 channel hot shoe units (They have a PC sync port on the side and come with a PC - mini plug cord) and it worked a dream! It even made my 430EZ work with the damn things. Ive ordered 2 more they are so great.
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Will these work with my Metz 54MZ? I've bought in on the whole Strobist thing, but just gotta get my PWs working with my Metz units.
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ko-knia edited this topic 38 months ago.
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@ ainsworth,
Your welcome. Glad they worked out.
@ Lamul
Yup, I ordered one extra unit as a spare but maybe I should get another. They aren't expensive nor very large to store away.
@ ko-knia,
If your Metz flashes are trigger via the hotshoe then these will work for you. They simply slip on the bottom of your flash and trigger the hotshoe when you PW tells it to.
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I have Plus II's and stereo cables will NOT work! They will work if you only push the 1/8" plug in partially. If you push it all the way in, it won't fire. So I don't know how all you guys are getting them to work.
1' mono cables are hard to come by...so I went to Radio Shack, and for $3 bought a pair of solder on 1/8" mono ends. You can use any speaker cable to make the cords. So, for $3 I had a PW cord that costs around $17 online plus shipping.
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My stereo cable works fine. That is odd that yours didn't. I thought stereo cables we backwards compatible with a mono jack
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Does anyone know if this adapter would override the ETTL functionality on a 420ex? Since that flash doesn't have manual control, I'm hoping that the ETTL metering will still work.
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Andy - The fact that you're using Pocket Wizards in this scenario precludes the use of ETTL.
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No PWs, just a sync cord attached to the adapter. Anyone done this with a 420?
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What's the white dome on the adapter for if you're using the PC cord?
Thanks,
Frank
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The white dome does nothing!
In fact if you aren't careful and push on it it will pop into the center of the adapter and rattle around until you glue it back in.
(Yes, I have four of these)
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After reading into this more, it looks like I just need the Gadget Infinity 4 channel trigger and two receivers, one each for the SB-28 and SB-600. It seems there's no need for the addtional PC sync hotshoe adapter, right?
The receivers already have a hotshoe attachment, unless I don't want the SB's to attach directly to it, and use the PC sync hotshoe adapter. It seems like a waste of cash, right?
I want to order the trigger/receivers tonight but wanted your thoughts before hand.
Thanks a bunch!!!
Frank
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@ fphilip:
I'm not familiar with the Gadget Infinity radio units. Maybe someone else can help you or you can look this up on the several threads about ebay radio units.
@ Andy:
Most proprietary TTL flash systems require the use of multi-pin hotshoe to communicate with the camera properly. This hotshoe only has a single pin.
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@fphilip: Having just dealt with this myself, I'd ignore the hotshoe on the GI receiver and get a sync cable to connect it to the flash. You don't need the hotshoe adapter for the SB-24, as it has a sync cable socket. But it looks like the SB-600 doesn't, which means the hotshoe adapter.
Yes, you don't have to have them, but I wasn't happy with mounting my strobes on top of them...
1) That mess is a tad unstable and wobbly with a heavy flash mounted on top of the GI receiver. I adjusted the flash head once without making sure the knob was tight and the whole unit flopped over unexpectedly a minute later.
2) If you mount it on an umbrella, your strobe is going to be way out of the center of the umbrella.
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(Is it time for an off-camera flash wiki so we can consolidate this information in one place and just point people to the "Nikon off-camera flash FAQ" and so on?)
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I notice that at photoland168@yahoo.com they refer to the 1/8" plug as 3mm, whereas in the UK they are called 3.5mm.
Do they make two different sized plugs? I'm worried about buying the wrong cables.
Tks & rgds, Phil
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I know I will need to get an adapter for my SB-600, but can I connect an adapter to my SB-28 since it already has a PC Sync port? Can you convert PC to mini somehow or does someone make that cable? Expensive?
Thanks,
Frank
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I have several pc to mini and pc to sub-mini short cords. Each came with a piece of eqpt.
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Anyone know what this white plastic thing on the front is? Optical trigger?
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Lamerton67,
I have several of the cited devices, they accept the 1/8 inch mini plug (also called the 3.5mm mini plug). 1/8 inch is actually 3.175mm.
The 3mm/3.5mm deal is just how it is referred to. It is the same mini plug.
This plug is called all of these things:
mini plug
1/8 inch mini plug
3mm mini plug
3.5 mm mini plug
One thing you should watch out for is another plug that is a lot like this one. It is called the sub-mini plug. The sub mini plug is referred to as:
sub mini plug
3/32 inch plug
2.5mm plug
(I do not recall seeing it called the 2mm plug, but that would not surprise me).
The sub mini plug is used as a sync port on several Sunpak flash units (but not all).
Enjoy! Lon
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FlashZebra edited this topic 34 months ago.
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brevmapp,
I have several of these adapters.
No, that white dome is just a red hearing. It is not an optical slave.
I suspect that whomever manufactures this device also makes a hotsoe based optical slave, so they just use the same basic plastic housing to contain both products.
Enjoy! Lon
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FlashZebra edited this topic 34 months ago.
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londuck,
thank you for your information.
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I have 2 of these adapters and I'm getting ready to buy a lightstand w/ umbrella & umbrella adapter for my first actual light set-up. The umbrella adapter I'm looking at is this one by Photoflex. It doesn't look like that coldshoe on the adapter is removeable, so I wouldn't be able to mount the hotshoe adapter to it w/o it sliding off. Anyone got a better umbrella adapter option for me that will allow me to thread this hotshoe adapter on to it (that's relatively the same price too?
EDIT: ok so it looks like the coldshoe on the Photoflex adapter can be removed, but does that mean I can screw in to whatever is there the hotshoe adapter w/ my flash on it? Anyone have this particular brand/model of umbrella adapter that would be able to tell me before I click "buy"? ty.
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mlsphoto edited this topic 34 months ago.
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NLTN.D,
That umbrella adapter will work fine with the hotshoe adapter. The latter will screw into the former without problem.
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sweet! thanks for the amazingly quick reply. gonna buy 'em now.
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