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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 674748" data-attributes="member: 13196">How many times does God or our gut try to tell us something, but we don't listen? Late Wednesday AND early Thursday morning I was prompted to look up info on a new flash sync cord. I had no intentions of buying one yet something made me peruse the internet looking up options. And I even went as far as looking on a local store's web site to see if they had the Nikon cord in stock. No, they didn't.Imagine my surprise when I got to church Thursday to take photos at Vacation Bible School only to find a crack in the plastic of my sync cord. Someone had plastic tape so I patched it. When I got home, the plastic was broken in a second spot (I picked off a little of the tape as well as picked off some of the plastic from the second split before taking this photo as a friend will recycle the copper).Since a local store didn't have the Nikon in stock, I placed an online order with B&H--a new Nikon cord as well as a 3' Vello cord. The Nikon cord is the same as what I've been using. The Vello is much shorter than anything I've ever used previously. And since it is a coiled cord, that 3' translates to around 1 foot at most before the cord starts to come uncoiled. It works fine especially on my flash bracket. If I ever order another aftermarket cord, I'd probably go with a minimum of 6' long. The Vello will serve its purpose though.  The thing is I hardly ever use a flash. The plastic from the old cord must have dried out as it's been around for many years. At least now I have a backup cord so this won't happen again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />[ATTACH=full]292103[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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