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| Canon Off Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3 | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $100.00
Buy New: $63.39
You Save: $36.61 (37%)
New (17) Used (1) from $62.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
MPN: 1950B001
Model: OC-E3
UPC: 013803078879
EAN: 0013803078879
ASIN: B000OEP3F4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Cheap plastic for your flash May 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Broke instantly when I attached my 580EX II onto the mount. Cracked in half. Left my flash hanging in the air. Terrible design. Perhaps not using cheap plastic on a part that has a fair amount of torque would be better. Not impressed. Waste of money.
 Improves casual photos immensely May 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Using this product with my Canon 580ex and a flip flash bracket greatly improves the casual photos that I have taken. By using the flip flash braket I can always keep the flash vertically over the lens so that all shadows from the flash fall behind the people I am shooting instead of to the left or right.
I highly recommend this setup for people who take casual photos at any sort of group function.
It will break. It can't handle the weight of the 580 Ex II April 23, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Broke within 5 minutes of use. Split right down the middle and sent my flash tumbling. Completely useless. DO NOT BUY.
Update: Canon is refusing to replace the cord stating: "please note The warranty does not cover physical or accidental damage."
Update: After escalating to a supervisor at Canon they agreed to make an _exception_ and replaced the OC-E3 with a new one. Their default stance is physical damage is not covered. Unless you're willing to reinforce the OC-E3 in some way I wouldn't recommend trusting it with an expensive flash.
Update: The replacement OC-E3 came. I disassembled it immediately, with the idea of filing it with epoxy to reinforce it, and discovered that one of the plastic posts was already broken.
If using it professionally it will break monthly.... April 17, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I hate this plastic crappy base with metal screws. It has problems with the 580 EX II. The weight of the flash will cause it to crack in the middle. I go through one of these a month. Some months I'm able to piece together parts from two broken bases to make one cord. Canon needs to make a stronger version for the professional market so it can hold the Canon flashes without breaking.
 Very Solid - a little pricey March 15, 2008
The weather sealing and tight fit that this device has are a nice touch, but I don't know that one could justify the cost - but what do we expect from Canon merchandise?
At any rate, it's a highest quality sync cord, which fully supports the ETL-II on my Rebel XTi. All of my use thus far confirms this. Don't buy this cord if you want to remotely trigger a flash - this cord is for a flash bracket, macro bracket, etc - nothing more than about 15 inches or so from the camera body.
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