Safe Sync equivalent

I'm trying to get started on a strobist setup, with a bundle of old flashguns I have lying around to get me going.

Anyway, given that it's a Canon camera and old flashguns, I reckon I need the Safe Sync hotshoe to PC-Sync adapter (to protect the camera from high trigger voltages).

Is the Wein the one to go for, or are there other / better/ cheaper / something else-er equivalents?

Many thanks,

regards,
/alan

Paramount makes a few voltage protected sync cables, but they're around the same price as the Safe-Sync.

Thank you... looks as if the Safe Sync might just be the thing to go for, then.

regards,
/alan

I have used 4 or 5 WEIN saftey syncs, they do not work, spend your money elsewhere. I have the original EOS digital Rebel and slave strobes that put out 14 volts when they fire, and the stupid thing takes 10 seconds before I can fire off the slave strobes again, and then it only works intermittently. I did recive 1 sync from wein that didn't work at all, the other 3 worked sometimes, and I did do 1 excellent photo shoot where it worked fine, but i still had to wait 10 to 14 seconds between shots, not good when there is a model standing around waiting. I reccomend a wireless transmitter that goes in the hot shoe, with the reciver that has the PC sync cord socket on it. that will garuntee that your camera can not get fried by a surge from the flash. I belive there is one called the pocket wizard, but I have no experiance with it, bottom line, WEIN is the only company that makes a surge supressing snyc adapter for a digital camera and I haz pretty much zero luck with it, The company WEIN was very good to me and sent me 3 replacements at no charge, but none of them were any better.

DO NOT go with WEIN, the company was very good to me, sending me 3 replacements at no charge, but the darn thing just doesn't work, I have the Original EOS digital rebel/300D, and 5 Smith Victor 45N slaves, and the WEIN safty sync - when it works at all - will not let me fire the strobes for 10 to 14 seconds, even though the strobes recharge in 2 - 3 seconds. The Pocket wizard talks about a frame rate / flash fire rate of 12 feet per second, which is a lot better. Can't have models standing around waiting for the flashes to fire all day can we?

Funny, I bought a WEIN Safe-Sync for my D60 after I discovered it would handle only 6 volts and my Novatron strobes used 12 volts for triggering. I eventually had the powerpack for my Novatron factory modified to six volts. Then I bought a 20D and it became a moot point.

The few times I used the Safe-Sync on my system (and on a couple of others) it worked just exactly as claimed. Given the problems you had, I suspect there is some imcompatibility between the Safe-Sync and your camera or the Safe-Sync and your flashes.

The 350XT will accommodate up to 250 Volts on the sync circuit.

I suggest you just measure the sync Voltage on the flash units and only purchase a safe sync if you really have a need.

An inexpensive Voltmeter, and a very simple mesauing process will be a much better solution than possibly purchaing a device that you may have no real need for.

Enjoy! Lon

JWright wrote in post #5949739
Funny, I bought a WEIN Safe-Sync for my D60 after I discovered it would handle only 6 volts and my Novatron strobes used 12 volts for triggering. I eventually had the powerpack for my Novatron factory modified to six volts. Then I bought a 20D and it became a moot point.

The few times I used the Safe-Sync on my system (and on a couple of others) it worked just exactly as claimed. Given the problems you had, I suspect there is some imcompatibility between the Safe-Sync and your camera or the Safe-Sync and your flashes.

It is likely you purchased the HH version that just plugs directly into the Novatron pack (and is reasonably reliable).

The version that I suspect is being cited above is the hotshoe version that has a lot more issues with function.

Enjoy! Lon

FlashZebra wrote in post #5949786
It is likely you purchased the HH version that just plugs directly into the Novatron pack (and is reasonably reliable).

The version that I suspect is being cited above is the hotshoe version that has a lot more issues with function.

Enjoy! Lon

Mine is the hot shoe version with the PC terminal in it. There is no way this thing could be plugged into the Novatron pack. The model number is HSHSB...