River Dog
Always looking
On a recent shoot the onboard flash unsurprisingly ate the batteries. I have a Jubilee street party on Monday and love the X100 TTL flash for fill, but cannot see me getting through the event with the camera batteries.
I came across an article about using a cheap copy of the Canon OC-E3 E-TTL cable (which appears to be X100 TTL compatible) and the EF-20 unit as an off-camera option, whilst maintaining TTL. The cable will allow me free movement as the EF-20 doesn't rotate horizontally and I want to do more portrait work with the X100.
I have ordered the items. The cable won't be here in time for Monday but the flash will, so I intend to buy plenty of AA batteries and rig a bounce card with an elastic band as I have done successfully on other camera/flash combos.
I'll post some shots if they turn out as I hope. Anyone else tried this setup?
I came across an article about using a cheap copy of the Canon OC-E3 E-TTL cable (which appears to be X100 TTL compatible) and the EF-20 unit as an off-camera option, whilst maintaining TTL. The cable will allow me free movement as the EF-20 doesn't rotate horizontally and I want to do more portrait work with the X100.
I have ordered the items. The cable won't be here in time for Monday but the flash will, so I intend to buy plenty of AA batteries and rig a bounce card with an elastic band as I have done successfully on other camera/flash combos.
I'll post some shots if they turn out as I hope. Anyone else tried this setup?
Snacks
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River Dog
Always looking
zwarte_kat
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Have it, works, like it.
MCTuomey
Veteran
i've used corded off-camera flash on my M-bodies and dSLRs, using it mostly as fill. just picked up another SF-20 the other day to replace one i cracked on pavement. i prefer the contax TLA-100 cord with the M's because it comes off the left side of the shoe-mount, rather than off the front, like canon's and nikon's. sometimes i attach a wrist strap to the flash so my left hand is free when i need it (flash just hangs from my wrist).
kzphoto
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Sir, you have just made my day,week and month. I need to find one of these cables!
Snacks
Established
Thanks, I didn't find this thread, obviously.Looking forward to playing with it.
Don't forget to post photos!
River Dog
Always looking
No problem. Should be with me early next week.
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
kzphoto said:
Same here! I happen to have that cable and I'm going to try it in about an hour. WooHoo!
kzphoto
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Kent,
I'm convinced you own or have owned most every camera I have ever lusted after! You have all the neat cables too!
I'm convinced you own or have owned most every camera I have ever lusted after! You have all the neat cables too!
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
kzphoto said:
Ha Kevin! I've had more than my share! In particular I went nuts on Contax stuff as they were going belly up.
KD
PS- Guess what I got fixed, speaking of Contax? Glad I got it back when I did, needed help
River Dog
Always looking
UPDATE: The Canon OC-E3 compatible cord I ordered does not work on the X100, firing the onboard flash instead of the EF-20. There is a longer cable on sale at Jessops, so I may go and try it in the store, if I can.
Shame, but the EF-20 on-camera has produced some good shots so I'll stick with it. To be honest, coping with the cable might be a bit of a leap for me right now.
Shame, but the EF-20 on-camera has produced some good shots so I'll stick with it. To be honest, coping with the cable might be a bit of a leap for me right now.