TTL cord to suit the alpha?
Posted on: Fri, 07/03/2009 - 9:39am
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TTL cord to suit the alpha?
Does anyone know some US sources for these? I'm from Australia and haven't come across any here, apart from a couple on ebay from China but the postage costs as much as the cord itself. Now our Aussie dollar is a bit stronger against the US so I thought of comparing prices over there. I've just bought a Minolta 2500D for my A200 and would like to have a go at some water drop and smoke photography, but not having manual/wireless control on this flash a TTL cord is a must. I've also been doing some macro stuff using a DIY close-up lens made from a binoculars objective, and getting the flash off the camera would be good for that too.
Thanks,
Dave.
for genuine KM/Sony? I saw a few on ebay here in the states that may be blocked for you to see. Free shipping on most but, to the US. The shoe piece is a BIN for $25 and there is a cable for $35 BIN.
SKB
A700, KM 50/1.7, 70-210/4, Sigma 24-70/2.8, 70-200/2.8 HSM
Sony 500/8, 11-18/4.5-5.6, 50/2.8 macro
F56AM, VG-C70AM
No I don't care if it's genuine or not. Probably just a cheapy so long as it fits the shoe properly and has the tripod mount. I saw an idea on a blog the other day where a guy cut a TTL cable and soldered ethernet sockets on the ends so he could use a cat5 cable between them to extend it, and I was thinking of doing the same. Anyway the cheapest I've found is around AU$40 free postage which is pretty good, considering to do it with a genuine cable/PC adapter shoe (FA-CS1AM) would cost $80 just for the off-camera shoe! Yep I'm a cheapskate :)