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Aszental
10th of March 2008 (Mon), 07:06
Heya.

Well i know you can buy the adapters from flashzebra, the prob is might lights are arriving from B&H tomoz and the flash adapters wont be here for a while.

is there any work around to connect the skyports to either my 580Ex II and sunpak before the adapters arrive?

Thanks
Curtis N
10th of March 2008 (Mon), 08:10
If you can handle a soldering iron, pickup a 1/8 miniplug at Radio Shack, cut the PC connector off the sync cord that comes with the Sunpak, and solder the miniplug on.
Aszental
10th of March 2008 (Mon), 16:45
If you can handle a soldering iron,


haha na i can't, ah well i guess ill have to wait for flash zebra stuff to ship. Thanks though

Anyone happen to know how long usps first class shipping takes to get to australia?

gonna be a long wait!
Curtis N
10th of March 2008 (Mon), 16:49
Email lon at FlashZebra and ask about airmail options.
Rudi
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 10:09
If you can handle a soldering iron, pickup a 1/8 miniplug at Radio Shack, cut the PC connector off the sync cord that comes with the Sunpak, and solder the miniplug on.

This might be a silly question, but does the polarity matter?
Sgt.
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 16:27
No it does not.
FlashZebra
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 16:38
This might be a silly question, but does the polarity matter?
Polarity does matter.

See these threads:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=489989

http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157604709140648/#comment72157604714236528

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=496925

Take the extra 2 minutes and do this right. Get the polarity correct so you will not be confounded two years from now when you cannot get an optical slave to work or fire a second flash in the same circuit.

I am not sure where this polarity does not matter mindset comes from.

Enjoy! Lon
Sgt.
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 19:32
Sorry I meant for making your own pc/ mini plug cable!
Sgt.
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 19:36
Read through some more of your links and I stand corrected, I guess I just got lucky when I made mine:D:D
Rudi
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 20:54
OK, glad I asked! :)

Seeing how the tip of the jack is positive, is that also the case with a PC plug - i.e. will the centre pin be positive, and the outside sleeve negative?
FlashZebra
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 22:07
OK, glad I asked! :)

Seeing how the tip of the jack is positive, is that also the case with a PC plug - i.e. will the centre pin be positive, and the outside sleeve negative?
The tip of the miniphone plug (not jack) is positive (a jack is a female connector). And you have the polarity on the male PC connector correct.

Enjoy! Lon
Rudi
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 22:43
The tip of the miniphone plug (not jack) is positive (a jack is a female connector). And you have the polarity on the male PC connector correct.

Enjoy! Lon

You'd think they would call that "Jill". :D My wording was wrong, but that's what I meant. Thanks for your help, Lon! :)
FlashZebra
22nd of May 2008 (Thu), 00:03
You'd think they would call that "Jill". :D My wording was wrong, but that's what I meant. Thanks for your help, Lon! :)
Well a the male mule is a "Jack" and the female mule the "Jenny" so it does seem counter intuitive that the "jack" is the female connector.

Enjoy! Lon