That's good to hear but if it was once a fraction of the price it's no
longer true of version 3 of the Canon cord. But they can probably be
found on ebay for not too much.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/27/2010 6:58 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> I can confirm that the Canon off camera cord works On the Olympus (510) and
> at a
> fraction of the price.
> Have been using it it this configuration for over 2 years as well as using it
> on
> my Canon.
> Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Braun<cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, 27 November, 2010 8:08:51
> Subject: Re: [OM] Hot shoe connector for E-1?
>
> I think this is what you're looking for
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/238212-REG/Olympus_200707.html>
> B&H also sells an equivalent under the Dot-Line name at a much lower
> price. There are no product reviews for that one but there are reviews
> for the Dot-Line equivalent for the Canon cord. Some reviewers are
> perfectly pleased while others complain of connection problems so
> suspect some QC trouble there. Some also say that Canon's own off-shoe
> cord is a functional replacement for the Oly cord. Oly uses 3 contacts,
> Canon uses 4 and thus can sub for Oly while Oly can't sub for Canon. I
> have a Canon shoe cord but no Oly camera to try it on. Canon's own shoe
> cord is now on version 3 so may benefit from some long customer use and
> feedback into engineering changes. I only have the original version 1
> which was reputed to suffer from cables being pulled out of their
> sockets by overly energetic photogs. Mine is fine. You'd have to be a
> gorilla to break it but I guess some folks are. So, the Canon version 3
> is good but is costs quite a bit more than the Oly
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/498744-REG/Canon_1950B001_OC_E3_Off_Camera_Shoe.html>
>
>
> Dr. Flash
>
>
>
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