Canon 350D flash pc cord question?

asamuel · August 2, 2006

Does the 350D have a pc socket to trigger the flash with a pc cord or do I need a hotshoe adapter?

what cord should I ask for?

what hotshoe adapter should I ask for?

thanks

ziggy53 · August 2, 2006

asamuel wrote:

Does the 350D have a pc socket to trigger the flash with a pc cord or do I need a hotshoe adapter?

what cord should I ask for?

what hotshoe adapter should I ask for?

thanks

The Canon dRebel 350D/XT does not have a PC socket, so if you have a flash with a PC cord connection you will need an adapter.

Be carefull using older flashes with "any" modern digital camera as some older flashes have a very large "trigger voltage" that can damage, and even destroy, a digiral camera.

http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html

ziggy53

colourbox · August 2, 2006

Along the same lines, is there some kind of cord that can be used that is longer than the 2-foot Canon hotshoe cord? Does Canon make a longer cord? Or do I need to use something wireless?

I wanted to try using my new 580 flash with the monopod technique suggested on Strobist with my Rebel XT, but he seems to be a Nikon guy.

Blurmore · August 2, 2006

Paramount Cords
Any cord you need, can dream of or just wondered about. Canon ETTL cord in any length shorter and longer and ETTL cords modded to include a PC-sync.

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

ziggy53 · August 2, 2006

colourbox wrote:

Along the same lines, is there some kind of cord that can be used that is longer than the 2-foot Canon hotshoe cord? Does Canon make a longer cord? Or do I need to use something wireless?

I wanted to try using my new 580 flash with the monopod technique suggested on Strobist with my Rebel XT, but he seems to be a Nikon guy.

Paramount Cords does make custom length cords for Canon TTL, but they are very expensive.

http://www.paramountcords.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Canon%2DETTL%2DCord&cat=93

For this situation of off camera use, I would recommend a simple "Auto" type flash and a radio slave, or even a slaved manual flash. I am not sure that E-TTL II is really required.

ziggy53

Blurmore · August 2, 2006

I just read the page describing the technique, and I can DEFINATELY see how you need to be TTL for this. As illustrated it is used for crappy mid day sunlight, so unless you want to shoot at f8 or f11 all day you need HSS (focal plane sync) and for HSS you need TTL. There is no sync above 1/250th of a sec with manual or stupid flash, you need the TTL to sync at the higher speeds.

ziggy53 · August 2, 2006

Blurmore wrote:

I just read the page describing the technique, and I can DEFINATELY see how you need to be TTL for this. As illustrated it is used for crappy mid day sunlight, so unless you want to shoot at f8 or f11 all day you need HSS (focal plane sync) and for HSS you need TTL. There is no sync above 1/250th of a sec with manual or stupid flash, you need the TTL to sync at the higher speeds.

Several Nikons sync at 1/500th and many digicams sync to their max shutter speed. You can also use an ND filter to control ambient light.

TTL is certainly convenient and FP/HSS is useful, but they are not the only means to the ends.

Thanks,

ziggy53

Blurmore · August 2, 2006

I'm not trying to start any war, but both questions pertained to the XT which only syncs at 1/250th, and while ND filters are great for draggin waterfalls in daylight, even a 1 stop ND on a f4-5.6 lens will put you into the slow/no AF zone. I use a 2 stop on my 85 f1.8 and definately notice the diminished AF performance.

ziggy53 · August 2, 2006

Blurmore wrote:

I'm not trying to start any war, but both questions pertained to the XT which only syncs at 1/250th, and while ND filters are great for draggin waterfalls in daylight, even a 1 stop ND on a f4-5.6 lens will put you into the slow/no AF zone. I use a 2 stop on my 85 f1.8 and definately notice the diminished AF performance.

Valid points!

Actually, it's worse than you think as the Canon XT only syncs to 1/200th. Daylight can be a pain.

Fair enough, you win! (But DGrinners are the real winners because they get to hear both of us "thinking".):):

ziggy53

asamuel · August 5, 2006

this is turning out to be a ball ache...... (like when a ball hits you on the nose

)

Anybody know how to say pc cord in mandarin? they tied to get me to buy a cord and two offshoe adapter for either end. all in all coming to $100. THIS CANNIE BE RIGHT?

looked at the integral off camera canon cord but that is only for hand held flash jazz. $68, I need something longer.

how much should a PC cord cost?

ziggy53 · August 5, 2006

asamuel wrote:

this is turning out to be a ball ache...... (like when a ball hits you on the nose )

Anybody know how to say pc cord in mandarin? they tied to get me to buy a cord and two offshoe adapter for either end. all in all coming to $100. THIS CANNIE BE RIGHT?

looked at the integral off camera canon cord but that is only for hand held flash jazz. $68, I need something longer.

how much should a PC cord cost?

At the simplest, you want this:

http://www.adorama.com/FAHSPCA.html?searchinfo=pc%20hotshoe%20adapter&item_no=1

and then add an appropriate pc-pc extension cable:

http://www.adorama.com/FAPCPC15S.html?searchinfo=pc%20hotshoe%20adapter&item_no=12

Again, if you have an older flash, it may have damaging "trigger voltage", so you may need to use this protection:

http://www.adorama.com/WNSSPC.html?searchinfo=wein%20safesync&item_no=10

ziggy53

asamuel · August 5, 2006

thanks ziggy

Canon 350D flash pc cord question?

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