I've got the OLY cable and I used it fairly regularly for a year or
more. The only problem I had is that a nut inside of the hot shoe
adapter came loose and the foot fell off. I used nail polish to act as
loctite and never had a problem afterwards. It seems to be well made.
It is very likely that both the Olympus cable and the Canon cable are
made by one or more companies that are independent of the camera
makers, quite likely by the same companies.
I've been using a wireless trigger mounted in the hot shoe so the
cable hasn't had much use lately.
-jeff
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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