Help with flash for em-5!

[DelK]

Alumna Gorp wrote:
..., use an off camera ttl cord, it often a whole lot quicker to set up and use than setting up for a wireless connection.

My experience is that ttl cords restrict movement, retail ones are too short to use on anything but a flash bracket. I set up wireless flash in my camera once, and turn it on when I want to use it.

 

[Michael Meissner]

DelK wrote:

My experience is that ttl cords restrict movement, retail ones are too short to use on anything but a flash bracket. I set up wireless flash in my camera once, and turn it on when I want to use it.

Well if you need a longer distance, you can always slice open a TTL cable, and put in a cat-5/6 jack. Note some cheap ethernet cables do not provide all 8 wires, so you would need to verify with a multi-meter that the cable you are using does transmit each of the wires:

http://hackaday.com/2009/01/17/cat5-camera-flash-extension/

 

[photodan1]

DelK wrote:

I also use the FL-36R, as well as Metz 50 AF-1, which supports remote use. If you use the R versions with the small included flash you will become a believer in off-camera flash. Very easy.