Good afternoon/evening/morning, etc

I recently bought a flash for my camera, a 430EXII. It's a lovely flash which is a really good introduction to off-camera flash shooting. I just have one issue which is to do with taking the flash off the camera.

I searched around and found one of these but I am not sure if they sell longer ones.

I want to be able to take my flash off the camera and the only methods I know of are as follows:

Buy a camera with a built in wireless remote (I think Nikon ones have those)
Buy a cord
Buy a wireless remote
Buy another flash with remote capabilities

The first and last options are by far the most expensive. Something like a 580EX is about £350 and a Canon speedlite remote costs about £170.


So that leaves me with buying a cord. I have a tripod if I need to mount the flash anywhere and I have feet for the flash so I should be able to mount it.

But I am worried that it might not be long enough. There is another one I just found which is This one which is longer, but I have no idea if it can be trusted to work.

A further option is This one which doesn't look like fantastic quality but may well be the 'better' choice and most versatile.


Could you give me some advice? I could do with ordering something this week and I don't know what is of reasonable quality. I like the looks of the wireless remote (3rd party one) but is it likely to break straight away on me?


Cheers

I'm really not sure. All I can tell is that it connects through the hotshoe.

There are 5 contacts on the bottom, the same number as there are on the camera itself.

I would like eTTL, which the cabled products do offer but other products do not. Ideally wireless and with TTL would be perfect.

My flash gun is infrared triggered, but there are radio triggers available (much better for when working outside or when placing the flash in places where the light may not bounce correctly)

I know from some experience of using the Canon built IR trigger and several EX430 Speedlites that if you place them awkwardly (in relation to the camera) they won't trigger.

This is something that won't be a problem with a cable. I'm not too fussed about the highest quality at this moment in time... I reckon I'll go for that choice. It gives eTTL and I'd mostly be shooting in doors. The length of the cable is plenty - I would need to do some shifting about to make full use of that length as it is.