hey you strobists...

[windrivermaiden]

has anyone done the make it your self synch cord? I have GOT to get off camera with my flash but there is no way I can afford to get pocket wizards at this time. But I'm itching to work out at least some of my needs right now.

Hints? confessions? hit me over the head?

[RaceImages]

Originally Posted by windrivermaiden

has anyone done the make it your self synch cord? I have GOT to get off camera with my flash but there is no way I can afford to get pocket wizards at this time. But I'm itching to work out at least some of my needs right now.

Hints? confessions? hit me over the head?

I'm with you on that, I can't afford to get any wizards at this point either

[BWLeePhotography]

I think there are alternatives to pocket wizards such as cybersyncs you can buy.

If you need to go the DIY route try this:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/04...cord-pt-1.html

[windrivermaiden]

that is what I was looking at
my problem with the other wireless syncs is that they do not look rugged enough for me. Not that I'm hard on my gear...just that I use it alot and I hope to be as active with using flash too.

[RogerAylstock]

Windy,
I've been using the Cactus v2's for my speedlight with good success. I had a different set for my Alien Bees but I was getting misfires on them. Last week I ordered a set of RF-602s (1 transmitter & 3 receivers) for $78. These will work on both the speedlight and the ABs. I expect to get them next week and I'll let you know how they work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RF-602-Wireless-Remote-3-Receiver-For-Canon-5D-50D-40D_W0QQitemZ390143519382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCamera _Camcorder_Remotes?hash=item5ad65daa96

[Killjoy]

Windy,

I have a set of the Youngnuo 301P off camera triggers.
They work pretty good, but last week I had one inside a softbox (yeah, the stobe and trigger goes inside the box in this one) and I had an issue with it not firing when I got too far away.
I don't know if the mirror finish inside the softbox was messing with it.
Because when it's not obstructed like that, they have a pretty good range.

I ALSO have the Yongnuo OC-E3 off camera flash cord. It broke on me one day.
I spent about a month trying to find out where I could send it back to seeing as the people I bought it from went out of business.
The manufacturer replaced it for me (but I had to ship it to China).
Also, the shipping back and forth took over another month.

[BrassPremier]

I have cybersyncs that I like a lot. Cheaper than Pocketwizards, but not as cheap as DIY/ebay stuff.

[windrivermaiden]

I work at an antenna place, and although I'm by no means an RF engineer, I can look at some and say...that'll fail in this situation. I'm going to hold out for the gold standard but make my self a sync cord set up asap.

[Killjoy]

I was thinking about hacking my Youngnuo flash cable.
I want to cut it, and put some RJ-45 adapters on the ends.
That way I can make several extension cables of different lengths, and then have an adjustable cable and keep my E-TTL capabilities.

[Lilikoi the cat]

Shouldn't you use twisted shielded cable? Or at least shielded?
How many conductors are there and what size wire also?

[Killjoy]

I found link somewhere where they did it with CAT5 cable, and they claimed it worked perfectly.

And if it doesn't, I can always cut those RJ-45 connectors off, and go with a Mil-Spec connector and cable.
So yeah, I'm going to try the less expensive route first (seeing as I already HAVE just about everything for it).

[lvolkjr]

Hey Alan,
I have plenty of cat 5 cable if you need it. I mean A LOT OF IT!

[Lilikoi the cat]

Cat 5 is so yesterday ;-) Cat 6
Gotta love anything that says "Cat" but what do you do with a cat that trys to pee on your $1k lens?????

[lvolkjr]

I have CAT6 but I need to rid of the CAT5.

[isam250]

theres so many different one on ebay u can buy for super cheap. but i love my cs it never failed on me once

[Killjoy]

I have a whole box of Cat5 cable. Thanks though.