cybersync help

is there a better way to attach the cybersync transmitter to the 580ex2 ?
the attachment that comes with the receiver fits very well on the transmitter end but very loosely where it attaches to the flash
each time i moved the flash i got a misfire and realized that the connection had become loose

If you mean receiver I use cables from Flashzebra... they screw into place rather than just sit there... but if not go to there web site or send email and he can probably help you out

http://www.flashzebra.​com/wizardcables/screw​lock.shtml

Hope this helps

Mekunic wrote in post #9977012
If you mean receiver I use cables from Flashzebra... they screw into place rather than just sit there... but if not go to there web site or send email and he can probably help you out

http://www.flashzebra.​com/wizardcables/screw​lock.shtml

Hope this helps

sorry about that
yes, i mean the receiver

Are you dangling your Cybersync off the flash using just the cable?
You can use lanyards as I have done here. You can just search flickr with Cybersync Lanyard or something or just PM me, or even ask in here.

patrick clarke wrote in post #9976935
is there a better way to attach the cybersync transmitter to the 580ex2?

Yes...
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=855158

I find this issue extremely annoying, too.
I have a friend that bought his cybersyncs over a year ago and the pc cord that comes with his isn't loose and it actually snaps into the pc port so it doesn't fall out.
Why do the syncs come with such loosely fitting pc cords?! boggles the mind...

It's not the Cybersyncs or the flash unit, but the inherent design of the PC port. Photographers have been dealing with the problem of loose PC sync cables since the PC port first came out. There has been an attempt to improve it by introducing the screw lock PC port, but this is still a PC port and prone to the sync cables plug becoming opening up over time with use. It looks like flash units are now slowly getting away (alas its a very slow process) from the PC port. Another downside it that every PC cords plug has different initial tolerances for the opening. A better choice for the sync port would be a 3.5mm mono-plug port or even a 2.5mm mono-plug port, you dont have to worry about the sync cables plug opening up for a looser fit, since the plug is a solid piece.

Also unfortunately while PCunite has the right idea of putting a mono-plug port into the flash, him having receiver being only supported by the sync adapter is a bad idea, it is putting extra strain on both the receiver and the sync port on the flash. In this configuration, you run a higher risk of seriously damaging either the flash or the receiver if they were to get knocked to the ground, then if you had the receiver being attached by a cable and either hanging via a lanyard or attached to the flash or swivel mount/lightstand via either velcro or even an elastic tie. If the flash where to hit the ground receiver first the force of the impact would be transferred to the sync port on the flash due to the rigidity of the connector, where as with a cable, the force of impact would be mostly absorbed by the cable due to its flexibility

I don't use the sync port. I have a screw lock cable and used it a time or two. BUT...I guess I am just fat fingered because it is hard for me to screw it into the PC port...thus I have wasted time I don't need to be wasting. Instead, I use hot shoe adapters I got from flash zebra. Simple and easy. Example below.

580EX II with hot shoe adapter and Cybersync Receiver attached to shaft with gaffer tape.