On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > On 12/19/2011 1:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> The pentax hot shoe extension cord that I picked up when I bought my AF540 >> was very expensive, and didn't work so well. A while later, I bought a >> cheap third party one off some website, and it seems to work pretty well, >> but it only has a convenient reach of about 6 feet before the pull on the >> coiled cable gets to be a problem. >> >> Does anyone have any wireless hot shoe extension cables that they'd like >> to recommend? >> >> > I use the non-coiled 95 food F5PL with a couple of adapters for snow crystal > shooting. The non-coiled cord works much better in the cold. I don't need > that much length. For in the field macro work I use a third party coiled > cord that may be 5 or 6 feet if pulled all the way out, but in practical > terms is only 3 or 4 feet long. > > I find the Pentax flash cord system to be over engineered, expensive, but > very flexible. Must be hold over from their 'pro' grade days... > > Mark > I've seen people buy the cheaper extension cables, cut them in half and then attach female cat 5 sockets to the cut ends. Then they can plug in any length of cable they need for the job.
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