I just purchased one of these (new) from KEH a couple of weeks ago.
Jim Couch
At 12:06 PM 11/19/2006, you wrote:
>James,
>
>To flesh out Hans' recommendation of a hotshoe to PC unit:
>
>N*kon make probably the cheapest and tidiest unit in their AS-15 (which as
>below is out of stock often I have found)
>
><<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=3>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=3
>7086&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>
>
>Hama have a dual function (hotshoe - pc - hotshoe) for a little more money.
>
><<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=8>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=8
>9977&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>
>
>Your final and more expensive choice would be to get a radio slave trigger.
>eBay has plenty of these in four and sixteen channel options for between
>$40-60.
>
>The Olympus cord you mention wouldn't be of help for your situation as it is
>designed to be a TTL link from the hotshoe to the E system equivalent of the
>Bounce Grip. There isn't a TTL flash socket on an E System body so far.
>
>In a course similar to the one you are doing that I took over the summer the
>instructor had a Quantum Radio link to his fill light and then optically
>triggered the rest of his lights. This allowed us students to use our on
>camera flashes as a fill and grab a similar shot to his in workshop
>situations. Not perfect but useable to remember the posing examples.
>
>Have fun on the course!
>
>Dan S.
>
> > [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Royall
> > Subject: [OM] E300 to studio flash
> >
> > I'm doing a 4-day portrait course in December where lighting
> > is being provided by the school (Central St Martins, London).
> > I'd like to use my E300 for the instant feedback. I can't
> > quite work out what the options are for connecting the camera
> > to the studio lighting to trigger them as the camera has no
> > flash connector aside from the hotshoe. I know that some
> > lights can be triggered by an on-camera flash, but then that
> > would add an additional, unwanted light source to the mix.
> > The FL-CB02 would seem to be about right, but the 5 pin
> > connector is no doubt an Olympus only pin pattern. As the
> > Canon flash bracket cable works with Olympus flashes, does
> > Canon make a cable that would work?
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > James
>
>
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