PC to Hot Shoe wich one

[05Xrunner]

What is a good PC to Hot shoe adaptor for my Rebel XT
I am going to be ordering my lights on Fri.
Also what would everyone get between these to
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=190509&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
http://alienbees.com/beginner.html
Thanks

[SkipD]

Any standard version adapter would be fine as long as it is built reasonably well. Take a trip down to your local camera store (the better ones, not the shopping mall variety) and pick one up. The price should be about $10 US.

[05Xrunner]

thats the problem...I dont have any camera stores that I know of in my area at all. Except Ritz

I wa told that Nikon As-15 is a good one. but it was out of stock at BH and wanted to make sure before I look for it else where

[SkipD]

Call Ritz and see what they have. There's nothing magic about the adapter. If they don't understand "hotshoe-to-PC", then give up on them.

Here are a couple of links to adapters at B&H that should work fine:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=135782&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=89979&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

[05Xrunner]

thanks man..also between those 2 light setups.
Wich one would u go for. Everyone seems to like the AB but I read the SP ones are not bad and u get 2 lights and stand and umbrellas for like 10bucks more

[SkipD]

thanks man..also between those 2 light setups.
Wich one would u go for. Everyone seems to like the AB but I read the SP ones are not bad and u get 2 lights and stand and umbrellas for like 10bucks moreI much prefer the AlienBees lights over other lower-priced units. Their functionality is all I could ask for and their build quality is quite good. I am an electronics tech with lots of experience, and have taken one of mine apart for inspection. I was impressed with the quality of their internal construction.

[05Xrunner]

Ok..i will stick with the AB since that was my first choice

[likophoto]

I got this one from bhphoto... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=109453&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

I attach my AB800 to it and it works perfectly! Couldn't ask for a better one.

[flyingmachine]

sorry about hijacking the thread, are there any of these adapters that retains the hotshoe functionality of the camera? seems like the shoe on top is usually cold/no signal.

[SkipD]

sorry about hijacking the thread, are there any of these adapters that retains the hotshoe functionality of the camera? seems like the shoe on top is usually cold/no signal.None of them will carry all the signals from the Canon hotshoe through. You wouldn't want them to anyhow, in my opinion.

You just can not properly mix a Speedlite (when in automatic exposure mode) with studio flash units. Having all the connections pass through the hotshoe-PC adapter would have only one purpose, and that is to use the Speedlite in auto exposure mode.

[flyingmachine]

so there are adaptors that will still allow a attached flash to fire in manual mode? tks!