Quote Originally Posted by soundhound
I also have a hand grip mount for the flash, and the flash has a separate sync cord which might be compatible with the sync jack on the 5D. In this case, all the hot shoe stuff would not be connected to the 5D, but only the sync cable. Does that sound like a completely safe option?

Not unless the sync cable has center pin only. Then the flash can only be triggered in manual mode. If it was a sync cable for dedicated TTL operation then it will have most if not all of the pins that the flashhas. We're back to the same delima.


One other thing........See if you can find an inexpensive SafeSync


The safe sync will only have center pin operation so there's no way to blow up your 5D MkII circuitry. (I thnik.......[:$])


I don't think you're going to getthe "go-ahead"from anyone to connect that flash directly to that camera. It's too much of a liability issue!! []