From: Christine Nielsen
The short spiral cable is only 3 ft long, right? Why not just use the
in-camera wireless capability, if that's how far off-camera you're
going? Save your money for lenses! :)
My ttl cord is 6 ft, has the hotshoe connections built-in, and
available on amazon for about $40. I'm not sure I understand why the
3-pc set is more versatile... What kind of jacks are on the hotshoe
adaptors? Would they be used for anything other than the f5p ttl
cord? Could you use a (pc or 1/8") sync cord to connect to manual
off-camera flash with these?
The main selling point is versatility.
I have one pair of Pentax Adapter F (Camera) /Hotshoe Adapter F (flash)
[forgive me if I get the names a little mixed up] connected with the
short curly cable. The Hotshoe Adapter F is semi-permanently mounted on
a Stroboframe Pro-T bracket.
I have a second pair Adapter F/Hotshoe Adapter F connected by the short
curly cable. In this case the short cable serves mainly to keep all the
parts together in one place.
I have two of the 20' F5P cables that I can use if I want to mount my
strobes out on a light stand.
I can connect the flash end of the long cables directly to the AF-500FTZ
and AF-540FGZ. I can mount the AF-200FG or AF-360FGZ on the Hotshoe
Adapter F.
Using the long cable I don't have to worry about whether the "wireless"
flash can see the "wireless" trigger built in to the on-board flash.
I already had one Adapter F/Hotshoe Adapter F & F5P cable when the local
Wolf Camera went out of business. No one else wanted Pentax stuff and I
picked up a bunch of it for nickles and dimes.
When I use a radio trigger, I'm usually using a Vivatar 285HV on a
light-weight light stand.
If anyone remembers my baseball peso from last summer, that's the light
barely visible over on the right side edge of the image.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/5204471704/
The flash is basically set to balance the light on the family in the
foreground with the light on the playing field. I could clone it out,
but I don't think anyone has ever really noticed that it's there until I
tell them.
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