I have a Canon AE1 Camera and a Canon speedlite 577g flash. Unfortunately I have lost the shoe cord connecting the Camera to the flash. Do you know where I can get a new one. Or are the newer shoe cords compatible with my flash and my camera.

-- Magnus Gaard (janush@ngs.fo), September 18, 2001

Answers

The new EOS is electrically compatible. Canon added two contacts to the hotshoe but they do not interfere with the existing contacts.

Cheers,

Duane

-- Duane k (dkucheran@creo.com), September 18, 2001.

I think the 577G (and 533G) requires a dedicated cord (G20 or G100) between the body and flash. Only one end is a shoe mount - the flash end is like a "din" plug. The cord could, however, be extended with an EOS "Off Camera Shoe Cord".

-- Dave Herzstein (dherzstein@juno.com), September 18, 2001.