I got myself a universal off camera shoe cord at Calumet that should be compatible with ALL the speedlites.
It’s a handy tool for shooting off-camera, and a nice balancing effort while holding a 1ds mk II with a 24/70 in the other hand. ETTL shouldn’t be an issue.
Since I work with both 550ex and 580ex speedlites and I don’t wish to buy several overpriced cables per unit, this seemed a nice choice.I was worried about the communication between the flash and the camera not being from the native facturer but I was told that’s just electronics and ETTL should work as usual ( I want to use this in events where there is only a small fraction of time to get the shot and no time to go all manual )
So we tested this with Laura and here are some results :
Av Mode – 1/160 sec – f/6.3 – ISO 400 – 24-70 lens @ 43 mm.Ettl + 1.
Shot in AV mode with the ambient light underexposed , using the sun as rimlight.
Flash is set on ETTL +1 and Flash Exposure Lock is performed on her face.Flash held via off shoe cord on camera left.Color filters added in post.
Flash is set to high-speed sync.
ISO 400 – 1/500th sec – F/7.1 – 24-70 lens @ 57 mm.
I’m pretty satisfied for this initial results with the off camera shoe cord.
Soon I’ll be testing an inflatable softbox I found lately :
