720 6 7 8 9 10 11 http://www.flashzebra.com/ http://www.flashzebra.com/images/flashzebralogo.jpg http://www.flashzebra.com/ An rss 2 feed from FlashZebra.com, containing information about products and tips to help photographers use their flash gear more effectively. FlashZebra is a business focused on manual off-camera flash, both small hotshoe-type flash and studio flash. FlashZebra offers custom adapters and cords that most photographic merchants pass over due to lack of volume. Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:30:00 GMT Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:30:00 GMT en-us Copyright 2007 FlashZebra.com. All rights reserved. photography/flash photography support@FlashZebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) support@FlashZebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html#requiredChannelElements FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/rss.xml http://flashzebra.com/rss.xml Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:30:00 GMT Click here for newer RSS feed messages from FlashZebra.com... photography/rss feeds support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0137/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0137/ Thu, 28 May 2009 01:15:00 GMT This shoe has a robust clamping mechanism that grips the flash foot to securely hold most hotshoe based flash units. It works very well with almost any flash foot, and is particularly well suited to secure the newer Nikon SB flash units (SB-80, 600, 800, and 900) that have fit issues with other styles of flash shoes... photography/hotshoes support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0138/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0138/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:40:00 GMT This adapter cable has a female hotshoe specifically designed for the Canon 580EX, 550EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 540EZ, 430EZ and 420EZ, and will also work surprisingly well with the often hotshoe-finicky Nikon SB-600 and most other hotshoe flash units including the Vivitar 285HV, Sunpak 383 and 433D, and Minolta 4000AF... photography/adapter cables support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0130/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0130/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:30:00 GMT This heavy-duty, approximately 54 inches (135 cm) long shutter release cable will allow a Pocket Wizard to remotely fire the shutter of select Nikon Digital and Film cameras... photography/shutter release cables support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0125/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0125/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:30:00 GMT Get your flash off the camera's hotshoe for portrait, group shots, and studio type work, but still retain the automatic features of Canon's ETTL system. This durable straight cord / shoe assembly is 7.5 meters (24 feet) long. (A 5 Meter version is also available -- see previous RSS entry.) photography/ETTL cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0123/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0123/ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT Get your flash off the camera's hotshoe for portrait, group shots, and studio type work, but still retain the automatic features of Canon's ETTL system. This durable straight cord / shoe assembly is 5 meters (16 feet) long... photography/ETTL cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0109/ http://flashzebra.com/products/0109/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT This is a Mono device, not a sometimes problematic Stereo device. This splitter, with one Mono miniphone plug (male) to two Mono miniphone plugs (male), is especially useful for multiple flash setups using Mono miniphone cords and adapters... photography/Mono Miniphone Splitters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0121/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0121/index.shtml Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:30:00 GMT A versatile and compact flash stand, for tabletop use and tripod mounting, that works with almost all hotshoe based flash units... photography/Flash stands support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0122/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0122/index.shtml Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:30:00 GMT Get your flash off the camera's hotshoe, but still retain the automatic features of Canon's ETTL system... photography/ETTL cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0119/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0119/index.shtml Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT This adapter will allow you to connect to the proprietary non-ISO hotshoe found on recent Sony and Minolta flash units to a Pocket Wizard, CyberSync or Elinchrom Skyport... photography/hotshoes support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0118/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0118/index.shtml Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:30:00 GMT Unlike most optical slaves, this optical slave will work with all Canon EX flash units... photography/optical slaves support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0117/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0117/index.shtml Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:40:00 GMT This cord has a male connector on one end, and a female connector on the other, and utilizes the very reliable, easy to use, yet compact miniphone connector... photography/mono miniphone accessories support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0116/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0116/index.shtml Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:40:00 GMT One Mono miniphone jack (female) to two Mono miniphone jacks (female) -- 3.5mm - 1/8 inch. This splitter is especially useful for multiple flash setups using Mono miniphone cords and adapters... photography/mono miniphone accessories support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0115/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0115/index.shtml Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:40:00 GMT This hotshoe adapter is perfect to mount a flash that does not have a sync connector for connection to a PC sync cord... photography/hotshoes support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/products/0114/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/products/0114/index.shtml Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:30:00 GMT This accessory for the Pocket Wizard will provide a protective cover for your transeivers for safe storage... photography/Pocket Wizards/Accessories support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc/screwlock_to_miniphone.shtml http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc/screwlock_to_miniphone.shtml Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT These heavy-duty, flexible Screwlock PC to Miniphone Plug (1/8 inch -- 3.5mm) Sync Cords are now available in various lengths. These cords will connect hotshoe and studio flash units that require a miniphone plug, including the Alien Bees, Elinchrom D-Lites, the FlashZebra.Com modified 580EX flash foot, and many others... photography/Sync Cords/Screwlock PC Sync Cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc/screwlock_to_screwlock.shtml http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc/screwlock_to_screwlock.shtml Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:12:00 GMT These heavy-duty, flexible Screwlock PC to Screwlock PC Sync Cords are now available in various lengths. These cords will connect most of the popular DSLR cameras with a camera chassis PC port to many flash units including the Nikon SB-24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 28DX, 80DX, 800 and the Canon 580EX II... photography/Sync Cords/Screwlock PC Sync Cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/0100.shtml http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/0100.shtml Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:25:00 GMT This Sonia Extended Range version with a male PC connector has approximately 25% increased range over the standard Sonia optical slave. It works with flash units with a built in female PC sync connector such as the Nikon SB-24/25/27/28/28DX and the Canon 580EXII, and FlashZebra.Com Hotshoe Adapters 0064 and 0065. The optical slave pushes directly into the sync port; no cord is required... photography/optical slaves support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/short_pc_sync/0097.shtml http://flashzebra.com/short_pc_sync/0097.shtml Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:15:00 GMT This rugged yet very flexible cord is about 11 inches relaxed and over 3 feet extended and 3 mm (1/8 inch) in diameter... photography/sync cords/PC sync cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/shutter_pw/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/shutter_pw/index.shtml Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:30:00 GMT Shutter Release to Pocket Wizard Cables for the Nikon D80, the Nikon D70s, Sony DSLR, Olympus 3 Pin, and Olympus Multipin cameras have been added as new items to this new product category. Sometimes referred to as "Motor Drive Cables" or "Pre-Release Cables" these cables allow a Pocket Wizard to remotely fire the shutter of specific cameras... photography/shutter release cables support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/brackets/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/brackets/index.shtml Tue, 27 May 2008 05:44:00 GMT Umbrella adapters, Flash Brackets, Spigots and other accessories that let you conveniently mount a shoe-based flash and a photographic umbrella to a light stand or tripod... photography/brackets support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0087.shtml http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0087.shtml Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:00 GMT This adapter was designed for FlashZebra.Com Item #0023 - Canon 580EX Replacement Foot Assembly with Installed Mini Jack Sync Port, and also works on Alien Bee, Elinchrom D-Lite, and other flash units that accept the miniphone plug (1/8 inch - 3.5mm) sync connector... photography/adapter cables support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/index.shtml Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:30:00 GMT Two new items in Optical Slaves: Item #0073 is an Extended Range Version Optical Slave with a mono miniphone plug, and has approximately 25% increased range over the standard Sonia optical slave. Item 0076 is a Mono miniphone coupler with a miniphone jack (female) on both ends, and can be used to connect Item #0073 to a Pocket Wizard/Skyport adapter cable... photography/optical slaves support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0069.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0069.shtml Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:35:00 GMT This adapter has a female hotshoe that accepts a hotshoe-based flash and short cord with a male PC Connector, providing a convenient way to attach a common flash cord for flash units that do not have a built-in sync connector... photography/hotshoes/female hotshoe to male PC connectors support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0068.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0068.shtml Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:35:00 GMT This shoe has a 1/4 inch - 20 thread hole to attach directly to a tripod, or the brass inserts (spigots) provided on many umbrella adpters... photography/hotshoes/flash shoes support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0065.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0065.shtml Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT This hotshoe adapter is perfect to mount a flash that does not have a sync connector for connection to a PC sync cord... photography/hotshoe adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0067.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0067.shtml Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:30:00 GMT This adapter has a female hotshoe that accepts a hotshoe-based flash and short cord with a miniphone jack (female), providing a reliable sync connection for flash units such as the Canon 580EX, 550EX, 430EX, 540EZ, 430EZ, 420EZ, Nikon SB-600, and many other flash units that do not have a sync connector on the flash... photography/hotshoe adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0066.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0066.shtml Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:30:00 GMT This extremly rugged flash shoe is perfect to provide basic mounting for a hotshoe-based flash... photography/hotshoe adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0064.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0064.shtml Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT This versatile hotshoe adapter can be used as a "Camera" hotshoe to PC adapter or "Flash" hotshoe to PC adapter, or, both at the same time... photography/hotshoe adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/0072.shtml http://flashzebra.com/0072.shtml Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT This versatile tip conditioner allows you to clean and resize the often problematic male PC connector that is used on all sorts of flash gear... photography/tip conditioners support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0071.shtml http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0071.shtml Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:00:00 GMT This adapter is specifically for the new Vivitar 285HV and the Elinchrom Skyport. The Elinchrom Skyport will not fire the new version of the Vivitar 285HV and this adapter solves that functional problem... photography/Pocket Wizards/adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/0070.shtml http://flashzebra.com/0070.shtml Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT A unique and versatile caddy / bracket to secure your Pocket Wizards... photography/Pocket Wizards/caddys support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0063.shtml http://flashzebra.com/hotshoes-shoes/0063.shtml Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:30:00 GMT This adapter mounts on any camera with a standard hotshoe and allows you to plug in either a standard PC sync cord, or the special Screwlock PC sync cord. Despite being a Nikon product it will fit on most brands of cameras... photography/cameras/hotshoe adapters support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/short_pc_sync/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/short_pc_sync/index.shtml Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:30:00 GMT Eleven new PC-based sync cords for miscellaneous purposes... photography/sync cords/PC sync cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/0050.shtml http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/0050.shtml Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:00:00 GMT This Sonia Extended Range Optical Slave has approximately 25% increased range... photography/optical slaves/extended range optical slaves support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0062.shtml http://flashzebra.com/wizardcables/0062.shtml Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:30:00 GMT Designed specifically for FlashZebra.Com Item #0023 - Canon 580EX Replacement Foot Assembly with Installed Mini Jack Sync Port. It also works on Alien Bee, Elinchrom D-Lite, and numerous other flash units that accept the Mini Plug (1/8 inch - 3.5mm) sync connector... photography/wizard cables/right angle mini plug support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/fivemetersync/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/fivemetersync/index.shtml Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Five New Products -- New 5 Meter (16 Feet) Sync Cords, for Vivitar, Metz, HH Connectors, etc.... photography/Sync Cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc_fivemeter/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/screwlock_pc_fivemeter/index.shtml Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:30:00 GMT FlashZebra.Com introduces a new product category, with eight new items, for five meter (16 feet) Screwlock PC Sync Cords. These cords are all heavy-duty and flexible. There are cords for many popular flash units incuding Nikon, Canon, Alien Bees, Elinchrom, Vivitar, Profoto, Bowens, Hensel, Interfit, White Lightning, Metz and many others... photography/Sync Cords/Screwlock PC Sync Cords support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://flashzebra.com/tips/screwlock_pc_connectors/index.shtml http://flashzebra.com/tips/screwlock_pc_connectors/index.shtml Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:30:00 GMT The Screwlock PC sync connector is a variant of the standard PC connector. The principal improvement with the Screwlock PC connector is that it has a screw-on locking collar around the central PC electrical connector. This locking collar dramatically increases the reliability of the Screwlock PC connector over a standard PC connector... photography/Sync Connectors/Screwlock PC Connector support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/screwlock.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/screwlock.shtml Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:30:00 GMT This adapter can be used to directly connect a Pocket Wizard to flash units equipped with the Screwlock PC connector. This adapter works perfectly with the Nikon SB-24, SB-25, SB-26, SB-28, SB-800, the Canon 580EX II, and many other flash units that have a Screwlock PC connector... photography/wizard cables/Screwlock support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/radiocables/screwlock.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/radiocables/screwlock.shtml Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:30:00 GMT This adapter can be used to directly connect the inexpensive radio slave receivers sold on Ebay and by other merchants that have a 1/4 inch phone plug to flash units equipped with the Screwlock PC connector. This adapter works perfectly with the Nikon SB-24, SB-25, SB-26, SB-28, SB-800, the Canon 580EX II, and many other flash that have a Screwlock PC connector... photography/radio cables/Screwlock support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/radiocables/vivitarradio.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/radiocables/vivitarradio.shtml Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:45:00 GMT This heavy duty 4mm cable allows you to connect a Vivitar 283 / 285 / 285HV / 273, and some other Vivitar flash units that use the special Vivitar sync connector, to many of the inexpensive radio slave receivers that have a 1/4 inch phone plug... photography/radio cables/Vivitar support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/vivitar.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/vivitar.shtml Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:45:00 GMT This heavy duty 4mm cable allows you to connect a Vivitar 273 / 283 / 285 / 285HV and some other Vivitar flash units that use the special Vivitar sync connector, to any of the Pocket Wizard radio slave receivers or transceivers... photography/wizard cables/Vivitar/ support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/tips/sunpakplugs/index.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/tips/sunpakplugs/index.shtml Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:00:00 GMT There is a lot of confusion surrounding the correct sync port plug to use on the various Sunpak flash units. ...This short tip will attempt to clear up many of these issues, especially with regard to the Sunpak 383 flash, which is currently a popular flash for off camera manual mode use... photography/Sunpak/flash sync plugs support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/canon580ex_footassembly.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/canon580ex_footassembly.shtml Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:00:00 GMT This is new and genuine Canon replacement foot assembly with a mini jack sync port already added. It is very easy to install this part on your Canon 580EX flash. It takes less than 10 minutes. The only tool required is a good quality small Phillips head screwdriver. You just remove four screws, unplug a cable connector for the old flash foot, then install the new foot with the sync port by plugging in the cable connector and replacing the screws... photography/Canon/580EX/replacement foot assembly support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com) FlashZebra.Com: News, Tips and Products http://www.flashzebra.com/umbrella_adapter.shtml http://www.flashzebra.com/umbrella_adapter.shtml Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:23:00 GMT This versatile adapter lets you conveniently mount a shoe-based flash and a photographic umbrella to a light stand or tripod... photography/umbrella adaptors/swivel brackets/ support@flashzebra.com (FlashZebra.Com)