How difficult is it to put together your own fiber optic sync cable?
This is my situation; I have two Sea & Sea strobes, a YS-01 and a YS-25DX. I'm using an Olympus TG-5 with a Backscatter Air Lens. Backscatter provides a flash adapter since it attaches too close to the camera body for the Olympus adapter to fit. The only problem is that the Backscatter adapter on has one connection port. Backscatter sells a dual connection fiber optic cable but it is $150.00, which is more than I want to spend right now. The only other one I found was from Diversion and it is about $95.00, shipped from Taiwan. Can I make my own sync cable and save some money? I have a dual port plug that will fit the Backscatter flash adapter and I have two single port plugs for the strobes. Can I just buy fiber optic cable and inset it into the port adapters? If so, what kind should I get and will it work? Should I just spend the money and buy the proper cable?
Thanks, in advance.
This is my situation; I have two Sea & Sea strobes, a YS-01 and a YS-25DX. I'm using an Olympus TG-5 with a Backscatter Air Lens. Backscatter provides a flash adapter since it attaches too close to the camera body for the Olympus adapter to fit. The only problem is that the Backscatter adapter on has one connection port. Backscatter sells a dual connection fiber optic cable but it is $150.00, which is more than I want to spend right now. The only other one I found was from Diversion and it is about $95.00, shipped from Taiwan. Can I make my own sync cable and save some money? I have a dual port plug that will fit the Backscatter flash adapter and I have two single port plugs for the strobes. Can I just buy fiber optic cable and inset it into the port adapters? If so, what kind should I get and will it work? Should I just spend the money and buy the proper cable?
Thanks, in advance.