Thanks, Chuck. Ordered 2 of the ebay adapters this morning. Will start watching
for the Paramount cords. Going price for the 540 is $69 but they go quickly
(Cameta & KEH commonly have them). Glad I listened to Dr. Flash :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Norcutt
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Sent: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [OM] 16 channel radio hookup
Nope, not what you need although the Hama is close. What the Hama lacks
is a 1/4-20 tripod/lightstand socket on the bottom. And even if it was
the right thing the price is outrageous.
The highest quality and most reliable thing you could get is this:
Note the heavyweight cord and use of a miniphone (1/8") plug. The
bottom has a foot that will fit into a cold or hot shoe but the foot can
be taken off by removing a 1/4-20 screw. The resulting 1/4-20 threaded
hole can be used to mount the shoe on tripod or lightstand. The 16
channel slave receivers commonly sold on ebay also have a plug (male)
connector but it's 1/4". This requires a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter plug
(included) and (because both ends are male) a 1/8" miniphone coupler
like this (but without the unnecessary gold plating and gold price)
I use two of these Paramount Cords products but I wouldn't pay $44.50
for them. I bought mine used on ebay for about $20 each. But it took
me 6 months to find them. They don't come up often.
Going a cheaper route you can get something like this:
This uses a short PC connector on both ends. Probably works fine but
less reliable than the Paramount's solid connections. All of the 16
channel units I have seen have a female PC connector on the back in
addition to the 1/4" plug so no additional adapter is required. Note
the 1/4-20 socket on the bottom. That's what you need.
What you don't need is one like this which has a flash contact on the
bottom rather than a 1/4-20 socket. This is akin to your original Hama
If you're going to work with PC cords you might like to have one of
these to re-tighten the tips from time to time.
Dr. Flash
Don Holbrook wrote:
> I recently bought 2 Canon 540 flashes and one of the 16 channel radio
> trigger sets. I need to connect the flashes to the radio receivers
> (hot shoe to pc cord), and have a way to mount by 1/4-20 thread. Have
> found the following: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/89977-REG/Hamas
> HA 6950 Universal Flash Adapter.html and
> www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/52772-REG/Stroboframe 300 SHO Flash
> Mount Adapter.html (Sorry for the botched links) Need
> to know if these will connect the two, or am I missing something.
> TIA
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