I've reported on the apparent compatibility before but have no first
hand experience other than owning a Canon off-camera shoe cable 2.
Prior to the release of the Canon shoe cable 3 the Canon cable was
cheaper than the Oly FL-CB05. Shoe cable 2 has been discontinued, shoe
cable 3 is reported to be more robust than 2, the price has increased to
$69.95 and the FL-CB05 is now $52.95. I think that's lower than it was
before and suspect Oly may have lowered the price after losing sales to
Canon. :-)
There are many complaints on B&H's site about the fragility of Canon
shoe cable 2. I don't understand them since I own the product and have
used one for a couple of years with no problem. The shoe cable 3 is
reported to be much tougher but some complaints persist in the reviews.
There are obviously some ham fisted folks out there.
There are no reviews at B&H on the FL-CB05. Maybe someone here has one
and can comment on its build quality. The T-32 is lousy on-camera
because of its low height but its low moment arm means less stress on
the mount when used on a bracket to solve the height problem.
Chuck Norcutt
Tim Hughes wrote:
> There were quite a few old threads on this in the list.
> The Canon has an extra terminal that the Olympus does not need, but this does
> no harm.
> At one time at least, the Canon cable was cheaper than the Oly cable too.
>
> tim hughes
>
>
> --- John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have been led to believe that the Canon Off-Camera Shoe Cable 3 can be
>> used in lieu of the Olympus FL-CB05 cable to joint the E-3 and FL-50 /
>> FL050R and that said Canon cable is 100% compatible, more durable and much
>> the same price as the Olympus cable.
>>
>> Does anyone have experience of using this Canon cable with their E-3 ?
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Leandro DUTRA" <leandro.gfc.dutra@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:04 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: radio controlled flash with E-510
>>
>>
>>> 2008/3/25, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Is there any product that can be used with the E-510 to mimic the E-3 /
>>>> FL-50R radio link?
>>> The Metz Mecablitz 48 AF-1 on the hot shoe, and another one (or a
>>> Mecablitz 58 AF-1) elsewhere?
>>>
>>> This is a question, not a rhetorical affimation.
>>>
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