Ok guys. I am at a loss right now. I have recently puchased a set of Elinchrom Skyports for use with my SB-800 & SB-600. As you all may know, the Skyports use the PC to 3.5mm mono jack cable to connect the flash to the triggers, same ones for PW & ebay triggers. Problem is...my Nikon SB-600 does not have a PC sync port. I guess Canon users should also have this similar problem?
I therefore have 2 options. Option 1. I need to purchase a hotshoe adaptor with a PC Sync terminal like this http://www.flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0065.shtml Option 2. The best solution is to go for something like this http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/hotshoe.shtml. Unfortunately, solution 2 is not available, as it seems like only Flashzebra carry this particular model & they have been out of stock for many months.
In the end, I went ahead to buy an optical slave trigger, exactly like the one shown here. http://store.tagotech.com/images/hotshoe-optic.jpg
The thing is, it does not work at all, despite some similar set-ups I have seen around on the net! There is nothing wrong with my connection & my PC-to-3.5mm cords. Now I am not so sure if buying another hotshoe adaptor will ever solve my problem.
So my question is, what should I do? Is there a way to modify my hotshoe optical slaves to get it to work? Paramount cords offer the same solution as Option 2, but it's too expensive for my liking and I don't think I wanna pay that kind of money. However, I did see some people use a Kaiser hotshoe adaptor with a PC sync end, the ones you can find around more in shops like CP, and modify the PC jack to a 3.5mm mono jack. Do you think I should try this & bring it to some shops in Sim Lim to help me change the jack? Do you guys reckon it's an easy mod to do? Or is there any other PC sync hotshoe adaptors that you guys can recommend and where to get them?
Thanks for your time for reading through my enquiries, & hope to hear more from the bros here who have been in this situation before. Thanks!
I therefore have 2 options. Option 1. I need to purchase a hotshoe adaptor with a PC Sync terminal like this http://www.flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0065.shtml Option 2. The best solution is to go for something like this http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/hotshoe.shtml. Unfortunately, solution 2 is not available, as it seems like only Flashzebra carry this particular model & they have been out of stock for many months.
In the end, I went ahead to buy an optical slave trigger, exactly like the one shown here. http://store.tagotech.com/images/hotshoe-optic.jpg
The thing is, it does not work at all, despite some similar set-ups I have seen around on the net! There is nothing wrong with my connection & my PC-to-3.5mm cords. Now I am not so sure if buying another hotshoe adaptor will ever solve my problem.
So my question is, what should I do? Is there a way to modify my hotshoe optical slaves to get it to work? Paramount cords offer the same solution as Option 2, but it's too expensive for my liking and I don't think I wanna pay that kind of money. However, I did see some people use a Kaiser hotshoe adaptor with a PC sync end, the ones you can find around more in shops like CP, and modify the PC jack to a 3.5mm mono jack. Do you think I should try this & bring it to some shops in Sim Lim to help me change the jack? Do you guys reckon it's an easy mod to do? Or is there any other PC sync hotshoe adaptors that you guys can recommend and where to get them?
Thanks for your time for reading through my enquiries, & hope to hear more from the bros here who have been in this situation before. Thanks!
