cleomagic
Contributor
Just wanted to post a long term update on our home built sync cords. I would say they work very good, not great, but very, very good. 95%+ of the time we had zero issues.
The biggest drawback is in the connector from the cable to the strobe head (or camera body). As the rubber grommets have a little play, on occasion they pop out of the socket. We also suspect that as they are working out, but still snug, that they may become misaligned in the socket, thus occasionally resulting in the strobe not firing.
We are shooting manual, so have not really vetted the single core fiber suitability for TTL.
We've thought about going to the multi core fiber, but we would still have the issue of popping out.
Even though we prefer the clean lines of our sync cords, we may go back to the Sea&Sea just for the solidness of the mating connectors. The occasional missed "perfect" shot may not be worth it.
The biggest drawback is in the connector from the cable to the strobe head (or camera body). As the rubber grommets have a little play, on occasion they pop out of the socket. We also suspect that as they are working out, but still snug, that they may become misaligned in the socket, thus occasionally resulting in the strobe not firing.
We are shooting manual, so have not really vetted the single core fiber suitability for TTL.
We've thought about going to the multi core fiber, but we would still have the issue of popping out.
Even though we prefer the clean lines of our sync cords, we may go back to the Sea&Sea just for the solidness of the mating connectors. The occasional missed "perfect" shot may not be worth it.