Customer Rating: 
Summary: Works as expected on 30D
Comment: Unlike the 3rd party brand off camera shoe cord, which did not work with some of the automatice flash functions, this product works great!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very nice and does the job
Comment: good for the purpose intended and is very well built.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Like there is another choice ?
Comment: Yes, way too expensive for what it is, but it's not made by anyone else and it DOES allow much more flexible usage of your flash unit.
yes..Canon should have used metal foot given it's price.. add-on foot does the job.
I also feel they could have used a bit more flexible cord as when you need to use full length like in your free hand, it wants to pull back too much.
Rather than use just the replacement metal foot, I attached a metal flex joint type foot that allows even more adjustment.
What are you going to do ? You really need it and only Canon sells it..
6/03/2008 update;
New improved OC-E3 version out now... even higher price to match.
Also a couple of clones added to the market, not sure of their quality.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I Agree
Comment: I agree with everyone here regarding the need to have this Off Camera Shoe Cord, and the regret that Canon won't improve it so that it lasts longer than a couple jobs. I also appreciate the suggestion to purchase the metal foot, but I just need to point out that I haven't been able to get the screw tight enough (the threads are just plastic) to keep the flash from rotating. I end up checking and re-aligning the flash every few minutes. So, the ideal situation would be for Canon to fix their problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Canon needs to re-ingineer this cord
Comment: As a professional photographer, I find myself going through 5-6 of these cords each year. My equipment is my livelyhood and although it is used often, I am exceptionally careful with all of my gear and do not bang it around or abuse it. I use a stroboframe which makes it necessary to use this cord to raise the flash well above the focal plane of the camera. These cords are very expensive to get just a few months out of them. Eventually, the hot shoe connector will either become loose and the connection will no longer function or the plastic connector will break and your flash unit will fall to the ground. (This has happened twice to me and fortunately I was able to catch the flash unit!)
The cord is indespensible if you need it, but contact Canon USA and ask them to reengineer this cord or expect to replace them every few months.
Summary: Works as expected on 30D
Comment: Unlike the 3rd party brand off camera shoe cord, which did not work with some of the automatice flash functions, this product works great!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very nice and does the job
Comment: good for the purpose intended and is very well built.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Like there is another choice ?
Comment: Yes, way too expensive for what it is, but it's not made by anyone else and it DOES allow much more flexible usage of your flash unit.
yes..Canon should have used metal foot given it's price.. add-on foot does the job.
I also feel they could have used a bit more flexible cord as when you need to use full length like in your free hand, it wants to pull back too much.
Rather than use just the replacement metal foot, I attached a metal flex joint type foot that allows even more adjustment.
What are you going to do ? You really need it and only Canon sells it..
6/03/2008 update;
New improved OC-E3 version out now... even higher price to match.
Also a couple of clones added to the market, not sure of their quality.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I Agree
Comment: I agree with everyone here regarding the need to have this Off Camera Shoe Cord, and the regret that Canon won't improve it so that it lasts longer than a couple jobs. I also appreciate the suggestion to purchase the metal foot, but I just need to point out that I haven't been able to get the screw tight enough (the threads are just plastic) to keep the flash from rotating. I end up checking and re-aligning the flash every few minutes. So, the ideal situation would be for Canon to fix their problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Canon needs to re-ingineer this cord
Comment: As a professional photographer, I find myself going through 5-6 of these cords each year. My equipment is my livelyhood and although it is used often, I am exceptionally careful with all of my gear and do not bang it around or abuse it. I use a stroboframe which makes it necessary to use this cord to raise the flash well above the focal plane of the camera. These cords are very expensive to get just a few months out of them. Eventually, the hot shoe connector will either become loose and the connection will no longer function or the plastic connector will break and your flash unit will fall to the ground. (This has happened twice to me and fortunately I was able to catch the flash unit!)
The cord is indespensible if you need it, but contact Canon USA and ask them to reengineer this cord or expect to replace them every few months.
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