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Canon Off Camera Shoe Cord OC E3

The Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3 is convenient for using your flash apart from the camera. Also allows for Remote Triggering of the flash. Perfect for All studio setups.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Very Fragile
I can’t believe this thing breaks as easily as it does! I just started professionally shooting events with a D1s owned by my company. This thing has broken on me 2 out of 2 times using it. The sockets that the screws go into are made out of 1mm thick plastic! I have just rigged one with superglue, but haven’t tested it yet. It will probably last longer than the screws did.

5 Stars Works like a charm… Opteka’s version is identical and is cheaper though.
I own one of these and one of the Opteka versions. They are identical except that the Canon’s coils are tighter while the Opteka is looser. They both stretch to the identical length. Both work absolutely perfect on my Canon G10 with my 430 EXII Flashes. Upon close inspection, I bet these are made in the same freakin’ factory. Seriously. I don’t think you can go wrong with either. In fact, I’m going to cut/paste this review into my Opteka review…. Cheers!

4 Stars Great quality you pay for
I bought this to use with my 40D and 430EX II mounted to a Stroboframe Camera Flip. The quality of the cord is extremely good. The mounting points are solid for both the camera and the flash. It works well with no problems. The only complaint I have is it is so expensive!

5 Stars Happy, happy!
I’m so glad and excited with the Canon Off camera shoe. It is everything I expected and more, since I can get more creative than ever.

3 Stars Good quality, a must for portrait pictures
This is a must for portrait pictures (when using a flash), not sturdy but good quality. Works well, does what is expected to do. For the price it should have locking mechanism in both sides of the shoe cord. You better buy/have a flash bracket with locking features (like Stroboframe Flash Mount Adapter), or be aware that the flash will be locked to the cord, but not to the bracket.

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