sheepflash
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Hey guys
I'm trying to figure out how to use my flash off-camera.
What I have is:
1) a hot shoe adapter on my camera with a female PC end.
2) a flash adapter, also with a female PC end.
3) a PC cord with 1 female end and 1 male end.
Ok so obviously this won't work, but the hot shoe adapter came with a mini PC cord of around 8-10 inches (what is its utility? pocket wizards?) with 2 male ends.
Basically my setup would be this:
CAMERA ADAPTER (female) <--> (male) Mini PC cord (male) <--> (female) PC cord (male) <--> (female) FLASH ADAPTER
So my question is this: Can I plug my PC cord with that little PC cord that came with the adapter? Am I supposed to do this?
I know that a male-male PC cord would work, but the guy at the camera store gave me this. I DID test this setup and it did work, but is there some sort of danger that I'm not aware of when plugging two cords together?
Sorry if the post seems confusing.
I'm trying to figure out how to use my flash off-camera.
What I have is:
1) a hot shoe adapter on my camera with a female PC end.
2) a flash adapter, also with a female PC end.
3) a PC cord with 1 female end and 1 male end.
Ok so obviously this won't work, but the hot shoe adapter came with a mini PC cord of around 8-10 inches (what is its utility? pocket wizards?) with 2 male ends.
Basically my setup would be this:
CAMERA ADAPTER (female) <--> (male) Mini PC cord (male) <--> (female) PC cord (male) <--> (female) FLASH ADAPTER
So my question is this: Can I plug my PC cord with that little PC cord that came with the adapter? Am I supposed to do this?
I know that a male-male PC cord would work, but the guy at the camera store gave me this. I DID test this setup and it did work, but is there some sort of danger that I'm not aware of when plugging two cords together?
Sorry if the post seems confusing.