Seagull SYK-4 Optical Slave Trigger with PC Sync Socket

by Seagull

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0028DM1YA
• Item model number: SYK-4
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #46 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Flashes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2005

Product Description

Seagull SYK-4 optical slave trigger with built-in tripod socket is designed to work with portable flash units that have standard hot shoe mount. It can be triggered either by slave sensor or by using PC connector. It also can be mounted either on hot shoe or standard 1/4"- 20 thread tripod screw. This trigger can also be used as a PC to hot shoe adapter by mounting the trigger on a non-hot shoe camera.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 50/50 gamble, November 16, 2009

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D. Rooney "roondog238" (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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One review gave 5 stars... the other, 1 star... so that tells me immediately you are going to get something that works or you dont. I didnt get one that worked... in fact, fortunately for me, I had borrowed a friends that looks just like this one he got from ebay and his worked perfectly (im not sure what brand it was, but it looked identical to the seagull). Comparing his to the seagull however, you can see the optial eye on mine was all out of wack. Its amazing any light got thru the thing at all... yet it manage to work a couple of times then not work at all. It does not fit well on the hotshoe either... it would short out and cause the flash to go off repeatedly when I picked up the flash... all in all very shoddy workmanship. Thanks to amazon for giving me a refund after I did not receive any reply from Cowboystudio on my email asking how to return the item... I guess they were all too busy riding on the range to answer, regardless i will never do business with that outfit ever again.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!, October 3, 2009

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Chris G (IL, United States) - See all my reviews

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I purchased this to use with the Vivitar 285HV. I already own a Nikon SB-600 and frequently use CLS to trigger it off the camera. My fear was that the optical slave would fire from the pre-flash off my D80. Turns out this slave will only fire from the pre-flash if it's within inches of my camera. Otherwise, my SB-600 fires it every time.

I decided to buy this optical slave over the peanut micro-slave for one reason: I could put Velcro on it, and attach it anywhere on the flash to make it visible for my SB-600. In most cases this isn't necessary, but if I can't get a good bounce from the other flash this helps. It's certainly within the same limits I have with Nikon CLS. If I wanted anything better, PC cords or true wireless triggers are the only way to go!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I can't recommend these..., May 2, 2011

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Jonathan Blocher "Humanities teacher" (Racine, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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I ordered two of these to go with 2 Vivitar 285s and a Vivitar 283. I have found them to be very unreliable. If the on-camera flash (usually a Sunpak 383) is close enough these might fire--or not. At any distance above 12 feet, forget it.

Some people have had good results with them, others not. So it's a gamble whether they will work for you. I suggest you save up and buy something better.