Cat5 camera flash extension

January 17, 2009 By 11 Comments

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Network engineer [Mario Giambanco] recently purchased a cable to move his flash off camera. Unfortunately, it ended up way too short for his purposes. Instead of purchasing a slightly longer proprietary cable, he decided to employ what he had around him: a lot of cat5e cable and ethernet jacks. He cut the cable close to the center in case things … Read the rest

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iPod dock extension cable

February 7, 2007 By 22 Comments


I’ve lost count of the number of emails from people looking for these things, so here it is. The hardest part of [Mike's] little hack is the soldering. The pins on those iPod connectors are just evil to solder. You’ll need the patience of a saint.

I’ve worked with these same connectors and I came up with an easier, if … Read the rest

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