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Question: How long is the cord?
Document: OTOH, if you want to do side lighting, the cord is not long enough.
On the plus side, it works as advertised. On the negative side, the cord may be four feet long, but you can only put it about a foot or so from the camera because of the coiling, and there's no way to extend it. If you try to stretch the cord, the tripod will fall over unless you sandbag it.
First off, there is no way you can beat this for $14! Don't even try to argue.The cord is heavy duty, although it might be a disadvantage for some because of the strong tension of the coil. The four-foot cord is certainly long enough, especially since most others are only 3 feet.
I got tired of snapping the $80 Canon brand cords so decided to give this one a shot. The actual cord is a bit too long, BUT everything else works perfectly. I shoot for a major news agency and this handles everything I need it to on a daily basis.
The point is, I spent more money on trying to be cheap than if I just got the Canon in the first place.What does this have to do with anything? Why did you buy another Vivitar product?I bought this cord because it is cheap and I wanted to see if I really would use it. I only want to let anyone who cares know that Vivitar is not intended to work a super-long time. It just doesn't.
At first, I hooked up the flash to the camera with the cord and it didn't work. Some connection wasn't transmitting. After taking the cord off and looking at all the reviews to see if I was doing something wrong... I thought I was going to have to send it back. This was depressing because I was so excited to se this with my new bracket (you know the feeling). Anyway, long story short, I tried connecting in the camera's menu and it didn't register.
It's a pretty simple device, so it's hard to give too much comment on it. It's pretty well built and and it functions reliably. Cord length is good for operation in a spare hand to get alternate lighting angles, without having excess cord to get in the way. But if you mount it on a tripod or something don't expect to be able to wander much. Just understand your needs and decide accordingly whether you want a long or short cable.
I connect T2i and 320 EX with this cord and I am satisfied with it.1. It's made by Vivitar and the quality seems good.2. It's 4 ft long, twice longer than Canon OC-E3.3. Both end can be locked. On camera end, this cable has a lock lever like my 320 EX's. On Flash end, the lock on 320 EX can lock into the shoe of the cord.4. E-TTL II works.
I have a canon t2i and a neewer tt560 flash and they work great together. I havnt had it long but so far no complaints
Its a great cable. It is a lot longer than I needed it to be fir now.it seems to be of a higher quality wiring and the out side covering isthick and feels like it should last a long time.
Answer: It's about 22 inches coiled and (without stretching too far) will easily go to 5 feet and still retain its shape