Off-camera flash

[mikee boy]

Current set-up: EOS 1000D, Osram flash unit (non E-TTL).

I'm happy using the flash on the camera, but I'd like to be able to trigger it off-camera, neither the camera nor flash are wi-fi. All I can find is:

• the Canon hot shoe extension lead (at 40 quid!!!) - too expensive!

• the standard Hot Shoe to pc adapter (a tenner) and then a pc lead (another tenner) and then a pc to hot shoe adapter for the other end (yet another tenner)

• a flash detecting trigger (about 15 quid) but this requires me to get the camera flash to operate which I don't always want to do.

So what are my options? Surely I can get a coiled lead with hot shoe connections at either end for less than 40 pounds.

[andy-xr]

Have a look at this

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I have an ebay trigger. It works, sometimes

[Kermit power]

I bought this on Ebay for £20 including postage. So far, it has been absolutely perfect.

I have to set the flash power manually, but that's a quick and easy trial and error process, and assuming you're shooting in RAW, you don't have to be absolutely spot on anyway.

[mikee boy]

Cheers Kermit

That looks like just the thing I'm looking for. Any probs getting it from Hong Kong? How long did it take?

[Kermit power]

mikee boy said:

Cheers Kermit

That looks like just the thing I'm looking for. Any probs getting it from Hong Kong? How long did it take?

I've had a few things from Hong Kong off Ebay. Never any problem with any of them, although they can take 7-10 days or so to arrive. I wasn't charged anything for duty or the like on this one.