The E-TTL Off-Camera Flash Extension Cord is an extremely useful accessory for Canon EOS series digital & 35mm film SLR cameras, allowing an external flash to be used away from the camera. The flash can be located as far as 3 feet away from the camera and still perform all the automatic functions possible with flash photography.
Using an off-camera flash provides the photographer with the flexibility to direct light from a variety of angles, allowing simple but effective fill lighting for balancing outdoor shots or hiding shadows under harsh indoor lights. An off-camera flash is also an effective primary light source when less direct lighting is desired.
Customer Review: One star more then it is worth
Recieved one of these as part of a kit. My canon 20d didn't even see a flash attached [430ex and 580exII] My 5d was able to fire the flashes but only in manual mode. Both worked perfectly when mounted directly to the camera, and when I went out and bought the Canon product they worked with it. I'm not sure what camera it works with, but obviously not these. Also very flimsy build, I was scared it would break off when the 580, which is heavy, was mounted. E-mailed Adorama twice, asking for a working replacement, with no reply, finally sent it back. I did get a refund from the company but no reply ever to my inqueries. THe e-mail anouncing the refund said "please e-mail us if we can help you in the future" - too bad they don't seem to be able to do that.
Customer Review: Good Product
This is my second purchase of this product. This item works as it should and is a good vale for the money. The only drawback is in it's construction. The neck of the Flash connection end is vulnerable. I used rubber washers to sure it up.
In the children's story Charlotte's Web; Charlotte concludes that people believe what they see in
print. Likewise, people believe if something is framed it must be important. Therefore framing
demands respect for your work. People tend to look longer and deeper at photographs that use
the concept of framing.
When you graduate High School and you get your graduation diploma, what do you do? You usually
go home and frame it! When you get your first award winning photograph, what do you do? You
frame it! Sure, sure you could just throw your photos into an album; or stick them in a drawer,
but when something is important what do you do? You Frame it!
Why do you frame the important stuff? You've already done or accomplished whatever it is you're
framing . . . so why bother? When you go into a doctor or dentist office, often you find numerous certificates framed on the wall. Why? It draws your attention and says: "Hey, look what I've done!"
and "These things are important to me."
Have you ever been in a photo or art gallery, where all the work was either thrown in a box sitting
on a table or stuck in a drawer and you were expected to thumb through it? I don't think so. Why
not? Because they want you to see their work, they want to impress you. Often the framed version
of the same exact image may be four to five times the price of just the image alone. There is a certain perception there on display. This perception; be it right or wrong, implies, that this image must be of
great worth or why else would we bother to frame it? Is it any wonder that you're 10 times more likely
to buy a framed photo than just a print?
Knowing the information above, how can you make people take your work more seriously? How do
you let a total stranger know that what you have shot is important? Well, there's only one thing that
can possibly draw your attention better than a good frame. That's two frames. If your photo is
naturally framed; and then you add a frame and hang it on your wall, it's no longer a photo, it's
now a work of Art. If you believe in your work enough to frame it, others will take notice too. They
may not admit it out loud, they may not even know why they will want to look at your work again
and again, but they will.
In most cases, framing consist of something in the foreground (usually slightly out of focus) that
helps set off something in the background. One of the reasons this is such a powerful tool, is that
this is exactly how the human eye sees things. Think about it: A flower at the edge of a canyon,
you can either focus on the flower or the canyon, but not both. Your camera, can make both in
focus at the same time (depth of field), but that's not really how you saw it. One of the key goals
of any good photographer is to make his or her viewer have an emotional response. The art of
framing helps to breathe new life into an ordinary shot. It can make the difference between a
good shot and a great shot!
Framing helps create a sense of depth by creating opposition. It can, but doesn't always add strength
by duplicating a similar shape already in the photograph, thats known as repetition. If you add a
frame on a shot that already has framing being used it creates repetition in another way. The bottom
line is, if you don't think your photographs are worth a second glance, why should anyone else?
Using framing gives your pictures more depth and radiates a feeling of confidence. Give your
viewers a reason to want to look again. Use framing.
This Article Written By: Tedric A. Garrison Cedar City, Utah
Tedric Garrison has done photography for over 30 years. In college he was an Art Major, and firmly believes that Creativity can be taught. Today; as a writer and photographer he shares his wealth of knowledge with the world, at: http://www.betterphototips.com
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