belle44 Loc: Maine

I was gifted with two Pocket Wizard Plus II transceivers by a friend of mine that was upgrading her equipment. I have a Canon Speedlite 430 EX II flash unit. She gave me some cables with the transceivers, but my flash unit does not have a connection for the cables.

From what I have seen on the internet, I need some sort of hot shoe adapter to be able to connect the pocket wizard to my speedlite, but I cannot find the adapter itself, even when I went to the Pocket Wizard website. One article I found said "you will need a $20 adapter to connect your 430 EX II to the pocket wizard" but it did not name the adapter or provide a link of any sort to a resource to purchase it.

Is anybody familiar with this adapter needed for the 430 EX II to be able to connect to the pocket wizard? I have to believe I must be calling it the wrong thing when I try my searches on the net because I am not finding it (searched using hot shoe adapter for pocket wizard, etc.)...before I contact Pocket Wizard support thought I would try the folks here for any advice.

If this doesn't work out for me you may well see my next posting in the for sale section - two Pocket Wizard Transceivers, cheap. :D

Thanks All!

Falcon Loc: Abilene, Texas

belle--
You might check out these folks:
http://www.paramountcords.com/ttl.asp.
I have never bought from them but a friend sent me the site when I was looking for a hotshoe (or maybe its called a coldshoe).
I don't see any hotshoes here but they have pocket wizard connectors.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Hot shoe to PC adapter is what you need.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=canon+hotshoe+to+pc+adapter#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=hotshoe+to+pc+adapter+for+canon+&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Ahotshoe+to+pc+adapter+for+canon+

belle44 Loc: Maine

Thank you -that is it, appreciate the help!

fotogk Loc: Tuftonboro, NH

I use hot shoe adapter with the pc connector. Make sure you get one that has 1/4 20 tripod adapter hole. That way you can attach flash to light stands and tripods to get it off the camera

DavidT Loc: Maryland

If they don't work, I'll be the first in line to buy your Pocket Wizards cheap! Unfortunately, I know that they will work. Great find, and have fun! The only real issue is that now you'll want one more off-camera flash...and maybe one more...

Goldwinger Loc: Boynton Beach Florida

Belle , Im pretty sure the pocket wizards will not work on your set up , so please send them to me , If I find they work on my 430 then I will return the wizards in a timely manner , lets say 2 or 3 years is that fair ?

avery48 Loc: Jefferson City

Belle 44, I had the same problem when I bought my Pocket wizards for my flash (same one you have). I had to invest in a pre-trigger remote cable that must fit the remote button on your camera. I bought one for my Canon 7D, and it works great, but it's a bit expensive for a cable: 50-70 bucks online. But it's worth the cost. Good luck.

avery48 Loc: Jefferson City

Belle44, belay my last. As I think about your question, it was about connecting the PW to the flash...which won't fly as the 430 doesn't have the plug in for it. In my 7D I don't need it since I have wireless flash on it. I'll keep the PWs for other flashes or as a remote trigger. Sorry for the confusion.

BigBear Loc: Northern CT

I have an ST-E2 wireless for off shoe flash remote.
It works with both my 430EX and 580EX.