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Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.

Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.

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.

Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.

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 :

Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.

Av Mode - 1/160 sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 24-70 lens @ 43 mm.Ettl + 1.


Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.

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 :

Shooting models with the universal canon off camera shoe cord and a speedlite.


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