RPS Lighting Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for All Nikon Cameras - Extends to 3'

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This Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord maintains all on-camera flash functions (including i-TTL) for one Nikon-compatible shoe-mount flash unit used off-camera at distances up to 3'. It is compatible with all Nikon cameras with a standard flash shoe (except for F3), digital or film.

This cable has a 3' heavy-duty coiled cord and features a shoe mount on the bottom of the flash connection shoe, as well as a 1/4"-20 socket.

Heavy-duty coiled cord

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Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras
 
3.2

(based on 22 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

  • 5 Stars

     

    (10)

  • 4 Stars

     

    (1)

  • 3 Stars

     

    (1)

  • 2 Stars

     

    (3)

  • 1 Stars

     

    (7)

53%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Easy to use (10)
  • Durable (8)
  • Lightweight (8)
  • Versatile (5)
  • Consistent output (3)

Cons

  • Flimsy design (4)

Best Uses

  • Fill flash (7)
  • General purpose (7)
  • Portraits (7)
  • Night photography (5)
  • Photojournalism (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Semi-pro photographer (5), Photo enthusiast (4), Pro photographer (4)
    • Was this a gift?:
    • No (4)

Most Liked Positive Review

 

Does the job

Using your flash off camera? This is a reliable, reasonably priced cord that will connect the two piecess of equipment. It seems very well made, and on par with manufacturer's original equipment.

Using your flash off camera? This is a reliable, reasonably priced cord that will connect the two piecess of equipment. It seems very well made, and on par with manufacturer's original equipment.

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Most Liked Negative Review

 

a little modification and it works

I use a stroboframe for my sb-800 so I need the off camera cord. The thing that attracted me to it was the short cord length (coiled 3 foot) aposed to the SC...Read complete review

I use a stroboframe for my sb-800 so I need the off camera cord. The thing that attracted me to it was the short cord length (coiled 3 foot) aposed to the SC-29 cord that is 9 foot coiled.
The only problem I ran into is that the hotshoe has no spring retainer, so even when you tighten the flash unit as far as you can it still has a little play in it, I noticed that when I move the flash fires because the pins loose contact. I took a pair of pliers and bent the lip of the hotshoe and it seems to hold it down better.

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1.0

Not good

By Dan

from Kingsport, TN

About Me Photo Enthusiast

Verified Buyer

Pros

    Cons

    • Poor quality
    • Unreliable

    Best Uses

      Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

      This shoe cord came with a flip bracket/SB600 flash combo that I bought. While the cord worked for the SB600, it didn't work with my SB800. The SB800 never seated properly and would flop around, causing it to fire erratically. I have since replaced this cord with a Nikon shoe cord.

      • Was this a gift?:
      • No

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      5.0

      Super helpful!

      By Skiddingcat

      from Dallas, Texas

      About Me Photo Enthusiast

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Consistent Output
      • Durable
      • Easy To Use
      • Fast Recycling
      • Lightweight
      • Versatile

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Fill Flash
        • General Use
        • Portraits

        Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

        Works great and helps with my lighting. I could not be happier!

        • Was this a gift?:
        • No

        Comment on this review

        (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

         
        5.0

        Perfect

        By Brap

        from Dartmouth, MA

        About Me Pro Photographer

        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Easy To Use
        • Versatile

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Fill Flash
          • General Use
          • Night Photography
          • Photojournalism
          • Portraits

          Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

          Great cord for remote flash

          • Was this a gift?:
          • No

          Comment on this review

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

           
          5.0

          Good for use with a bracket

          By RLO

          from Columbus, OH

          About Me Semi-pro Photographer

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Durable
          • Easy To Use

          Cons

            Best Uses

              Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

              I got this with a flash kit that also came with a bracket. No complaints so far - works fine and it's the perfect length for using with the bracket.

              • Was this a gift?:
              • No

              Comment on this review

              (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

               
              2.0

              Dedicated flash cord for Nikon i-TTL

              By soctt

              from NC

              Verified Reviewer

              Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

              Good length cord for flash bracket work but the hot shoe will not hold the flash tight enough. Erratic flash firing and some missed flash firing as flash is not on pins tight enough.

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              5.0

              Does the job

              By LeicaMike

              from Seaford, NY

              About Me Semi-pro Photographer

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Durable
              • Easy To Use
              • Lightweight

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Fill Flash
                • General Use
                • Night Photography
                • Photojournalism
                • Portraits

                Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                Using your flash off camera? This is a reliable, reasonably priced cord that will connect the two piecess of equipment. It seems very well made, and on par with manufacturer's original equipment.

                Comment on this review

                 
                4.0

                Comfortable and practical.

                By cguerrero

                from Mexico

                About Me Pro Photographer

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Consistent Output
                • Easy To Use
                • Fast Recycling
                • Lightweight
                • Versatile

                Cons

                • Poor finishes

                Best Uses

                • Fill Flash
                • General Use
                • Night Photography
                • Portraits

                Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                is short. but it has enough to mount extension from FLASH QUICK FLIP 350 BRACKET. without you stuck in the lens or hang. not have the best finishes but works perfect.

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                5.0

                Just great

                By shane

                from Burley, Idaho

                About Me Casual Photographer

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Durable
                • Easy To Use
                • Versatile

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Fill Flash
                  • Portraits

                  Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                  Very easy to use, a great way to get the flash off the camera and move it around for different angles and lighting. Great alternantive to making your flash a slave. Fast and easy.

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                  5.0

                  Very versatile

                  By None

                  from Houston, Texas

                  About Me Semi-pro Photographer

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Durable
                  • Easy To Use
                  • Versatile

                  Cons

                  • Cord is too short

                  Best Uses

                  • Fill Flash
                  • General Use
                  • Portraits

                  Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                  I use this for varied lighting angles, sometimes to avoid "Red Eye" for people and small animals.

                  The only thing I find wrong is that hte cord is too short!

                  Comment on this review

                  (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                   
                  1.0

                  JUST DIDNT WORK

                  By DANCES WITH BEARS

                  from PENNSYLVANIA

                  About Me Pro Photographer

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                    Cons

                    • Not Interchangeable

                    Best Uses

                    • None

                    Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                    THIS PRODUCT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE PACKAGE AND PLACED ON THE FLASH AND CAMERA. IT WAS DEFECTIVE, IT JUST MADE THE FLASH CONTINUE TO FLASH. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NIKON CORD TO WORK CORRECTLY BE CAREFUL USING AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS WITH D 50 NIKONS

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                    5.0

                    Good cord, no worries

                    By RM Photo

                    from Portland, OR

                    About Me Pro Photographer

                    Verified Buyer

                    Pros

                    • Consistent Output
                    • Durable
                    • Easy To Use
                    • Lightweight
                    • Powerful Output

                    Cons

                      Best Uses

                      • Fill Flash
                      • General Use
                      • Night Photography
                      • Photojournalism
                      • Portraits

                      Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                      So far this cord has been great. Stretches easily on my bracket and doesn't tangle. What more can you want from a cord?

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                      5.0

                      Great for the close-up actions

                      By PARTY

                      from Boulder, CO

                      About Me Semi-pro Photographer

                      Verified Buyer

                      Pros

                      • Durable
                      • Easy To Use
                      • Lightweight

                      Cons

                        Best Uses

                        • General Use
                        • Night Photography

                        Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                        This allows me to get the light even closer to the subject and gives me the ability to choose where the lighting will be firing. Its also very durable and all together a great add on for your flash.
                        FIRE

                        Comment on this review

                        (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                         
                        2.0

                        Not very suitable

                        By Conor the brit

                        from Newcastle, UK

                        About Me Casual Photographer

                        Verified Buyer

                        Pros

                        • Lightweight

                        Cons

                        • Badly designed
                        • Causes unneeded flashes
                        • Not a suitable fit

                        Best Uses

                          Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                          This chord works if you are holding the flash in your other hand, as that is the only way to hold it securely enough to be able to ignore the fact that the flash itself is not secured well enough by the cord's dock. Waste of money if you ask me. When used with the bracket the flash wobbles slightly, causing it to flash of it's own accord due to the slack connections to the cord.

                          Comment on this review

                          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                           
                          1.0

                          cord broke after about a year

                          By Sanford

                          from Gainesville, FL

                          About Me Photo Enthusiast

                          Pros

                            Cons

                            • Not Durable

                            Best Uses

                              Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                              I regretted this purchase from the first because the flash never attached snugly. After about a year of light use the outer cover of the cord pulled out of the flash mount and apparently disconnected some of the wiring so it no longer works. I am glad to get a chance to buy a better one, but sad to have spent the money on this item.

                              Comment on this review

                              (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                               
                              1.0

                              Stay away!

                              By Brett

                              from Southern California

                              About Me Photo Enthusiast

                              Verified Buyer

                              Pros

                                Cons

                                  Best Uses

                                    Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                    The hotshoe connector that the flash goes in was loose and it would cause irratic firing. I crimped it closed a bit with some pliars but after that, TTL stopped working all together. I highly recommend staying away.

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                                    5.0

                                    Great Value for the Price

                                    By Mary J

                                    from Long Island, NY

                                    Verified Buyer

                                    Pros

                                    • Durable
                                    • Easy To Use
                                    • Lightweight

                                    Cons

                                      Best Uses

                                        Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                        Does everything it needs to do.

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                                        1.0

                                        Poor quality...waste of $$$

                                        By FE Fan

                                        from Pittsburgh PA

                                        About Me Advanced amateur

                                        Verified Reviewer

                                        Pros

                                        • Low cost

                                        Cons

                                        • Flimsy Design

                                        Best Uses

                                        • Shooting Indoors
                                        • Shooting Outdoors

                                        Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                        After less than a year of very light use, the foot on flash-side shoe became slightly loose and the cord does not consistently fire the flash (must squeeze the flash to the shoe in order to make it work). Worse yet, Dot Line ignored my e-mail for a warranty inquiry. Don't waste your money, spend the extra for a much higher quality SC-28.

                                          Comment on this review

                                          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                                           
                                          1.0

                                          DONT BUY

                                          By LWM photography

                                          from WV

                                          About Me Semi-pro Photographer, Tech Savvy

                                          Verified Reviewer

                                          Pros

                                          • NA

                                          Cons

                                          • Breaks so EASILY
                                          • Flimsy Design
                                          • No Performance Improvement
                                          • Poor Interface

                                          Best Uses

                                          • On a strobo frame

                                          Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                          I Hate this product i have had to send it back twice now and it has broken on 4 times i have only had it for 6 weeks 4 if you count the time i waited to get a new one

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                                          2.0

                                          a little modification and it works

                                          By Eric

                                          from Naples, FL

                                          About Me Film Professional, Tech Savvy

                                          Verified Buyer

                                          Pros

                                          • Lightweight

                                          Cons

                                          • Flimsy Design

                                          Best Uses

                                          • Shooting Indoors
                                          • Shooting Outdoors

                                          Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                          I use a stroboframe for my sb-800 so I need the off camera cord. The thing that attracted me to it was the short cord length (coiled 3 foot) aposed to the SC-29 cord that is 9 foot coiled.
                                          The only problem I ran into is that the hotshoe has no spring retainer, so even when you tighten the flash unit as far as you can it still has a little play in it, I noticed that when I move the flash fires because the pins loose contact. I took a pair of pliers and bent the lip of the hotshoe and it seems to hold it down better.

                                          Comment on this review

                                          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                                           
                                          1.0

                                          Go with the namebrand

                                          By lwm photo

                                          from wv

                                          About Me Semi-Professional

                                          Verified Reviewer

                                          Pros

                                          • Nice price

                                          Cons

                                          • Easy to break
                                          • Flimsy Design
                                          • Had a short
                                          • No Performance Improvement
                                          • Not durable
                                          • Poor Interface

                                          Best Uses

                                          • On a stroboframe

                                          Comments about Dot Line Off-Camera i-TTL Shoe Cord for Nikon Cameras:

                                          i use this product with my stroboframe on my sb-600 this product broke with in the first hour i had it so i fixed it and than the next day i had a short in the wire NOT HAPPY AT ALL

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