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(More customer reviews)Why am I taking the trouble to review something so small and seemingly insignificant? Well, in short, it's great piece of gear.
Originally, I bought this, along with a Paramount Hotshoe to Household cord when I first started playing with off camera flash. It was great, because the 15' paramount cord was usually long enough, but it it wasn't, I could use $2 extension cords to extend the reach, rather than $40 PC-Sync extension cords. Other than the widely available, super cheap extension cords, the household plug is infinity more durable than PC Sync connectors.
What do I use this for now that I've gone wireless? With shoe flashes that don't have PC Sync ports, or wired sync ports of any type for that matter, you have to sync with the hotshoe on the flash. So, I put the flash on this adapter, and use household to miniphone cables (I use Skyports, which have miniphone jacks on them) to acheive sync with my flashes that don't have wired sync ports. I've used this on the Nikon SB600, Nikon SB24, Sunpak 383S, and Canon 430EX flashes without issue.
Another neat trick I've used this for is extending the reach of cheap 'ebay' triggers. The triggers I had previous to my Skyports were the Cactus variety, where the receivers had hotshoes on them. They're handy triggers, but I didn't find them to be very reliable. On one shoot, I wanted to put a flash behind a stone wall that was about 15" thick. As I expected, it didn't work. So, I put the flash on this adapter, and ran the Paramount Hotshoe to household cable (mentioned earlier) to this adapter, attached the hotshoe side of the cable to the hotshoe on the receiver, and place the receiver on the other side of the wall so that it would actually trigger.
All in all, a very handy little part to have! I use it in some fashion on every shoot. Also, it's really durable, unlike most other wired sync-to-hothoe adapters other there. I only own one, but I'm going to order a few more soon, as they're wonderful for my wireless setup.
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