![]() If you are just using the flash to shoot forward you might want a pistol grip with a hot shoe adapter. Result was a perfectly focused and lit shot. With a TTL cable the focus assist light on the speed lite still works. The first time I used it the shot was so dark I could hardly frame. It produces a nice, soft light aimed from where you want. A bit cumbersome but not as bad as it sounds. I add a small umbrella, the TTL cord end and the speed lite with the head turned backwards to shoot into the brolly. I went a bit further getting a short, adjustable painter’s pole ( about 20″ to 36″), a painter’s pole to standard lighting lug adapter and a hot shoe adapter. Check them out at B&H via the below links.īy making your photography purchases at B&H Photo through these links, you are helping Photography Bay to continue to bring quality camera tests, news and reviews. You can find the Pearstone TTL hot shoe cable for several of the major manufacturers. Either book will be instructive to shooters of any camera system however, the authors only reference Canon and Nikon gear, menus and settings in their respective books. If you want to learn more about using TTL with off-camera flash, I highly recommend reading Syl Arena’s Speedliter’s Handbook (for Canon shooters) and Joe McNally’s The Hot Shoe Diaries (for Nikon shooters). It opens up so many creative lighting opportunities, which is why it is one of the favorite tools in my camera bag. If you own a DSLR and a speedlight, you should own a sync cable. Off-camera flash is particularly intriguing on the Fuji X100 because of the insane sync speeds up to 1/4000s – something you don’t get on other cameras in manual mode.Ĭanon 5D Mark II w/ Pearstone TTL Off-Camera Flash Cable to Speedlite (at camera left) - ISO 400 - f/4 - 1/60s In fact, I have used this same cable with the Fuji X100 and a Nikon SB-24 speedlight in manual mode. ![]() ![]() The TTL communication is whatever 1s and 0s that Canon sends over the Pearstone cable as if the Speedlite was attached directly to the camera’s hot shoe.įor those who want to shoot manual flash, you can use the cable in that way as well. The mounts have help up fine in all respects.Īs far as I can tell, there is no technical difference between the overpriced Canon model and the Pearstone version of the cable. I’ve put it on a sandbagged light stand (the “flash” end of the cord has a 1/4-20 mount on the bottom) and then stretched it further than I should. ![]() It locks down solidly on both the camera’s hot shoe and the Speedlite hot shoe. To this day, I have not experienced any problems with it. I’ve stretched the cable probably a little further than 6.5-feet a few times and it has been tugged and pulled at numerous angles. The Pearstone cable, on the other hand, is 6.5-feet long and about $30 – just about right for me.Ĭanon 5D Mark II w/ Pearstone TTL Flash Cable Sample to Speedlite (at camera left) - ISO 400 - f/5.6 - 1/500sīased on months of use now, I think the Pearstone cable is a bargain of a purchase. Nikon’s SC-28 cable is a better deal at 9-feet and $55. The worst part about Canon’s cable is that it costs $70 – a rather absurd price if you ask me. Every camera manufacturer offers their own brand of off-camera flash cables – with some being a better value than others.įor example, Canon’s own sync cable is only 2-feet long, which is fine if you want to your flash to live on a bracket, but not so great if you want to put some distance between your camera and flash. I decided to go with a $30 Pearstone sync cable because of the overall value and recommendations from other users. Additionally, you might want to use a “master” flash in a different location than on top of your camera.Įnter the cheap and reliable TTL sync cable. And even those that do may not work ideally in all situations (such as direct sunlight). That said, there are many cameras that do not offer wireless sync capabilities out of the box. Wireless TTL flash systems can be expensive however, many new cameras (even entry-level models like the Rebel T3i) offer built-in sync with wireless Canon Speedlites. On-camera flash is rather dull though, with unflattering and boring shadows. The 5D Mark II syncs with Canon TTL flashes up to 1/8000s, which is the max shutter speed of the camera. Hot shoe flashes will sync at higher speeds when using TTL communication to the camera body. These speeds are ok for many situations however, if you want to stop action or balance flash output with sunlight, you need a faster shutter speed. Most DSLRs are limited to standard flash sync speeds of 1/200s to 1/250s. If you want high-speed flash syncing on traditional DSLRs, you need to use TTL (through the lens) communication with your flash. Canon 5D Mark II w/ Pearstone TTL Hot Shoe Cable to Off-Camera Flash (at right) - ISO 800 - f/3.5 - 1/320s
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