Can you uncoil a coiled cord?

[f/16]

I got a TTL flash cord for my Pentax 645. But it's near useless coiled-about 18 inches. Uncoiled it would probably be about 3 or 4 feet. Is there a way to uncoil it?

 

[Tom1956]

No way to uncoil them. Cut off both ends a couple inches back and splice in a section of flat cord, using soldering iron and shrink tubing.

 

[f/16]

Yes that's what I thought about doing-cut and splice in a few feet of straight wire. But I'm not too good at soldering the small wire. If it was 12 or 14 gauge, that would be easy.

 

[illumiquest]

tie one end to the bumper of your car and the other to your doorknob, the key is to accelerate rapidly...

 

[Tom1956]

You'll just have to get good at it. It's not that hard. Just time and patience.

 

[f/16]

tie one end to the bumper of your car and the other to your doorknob, the key is to accelerate rapidly...

I'm afraid I'll rip the bumper off my car.

 

[f/16]

tie one end to the bumper of your car and the other to your doorknob, the key is to accelerate rapidly...

You mean like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKu5jo4Occ

 

[f/16]

I think I found the answer to all my TTL flash cord problems. 33' long and not coiled. It's universal-works with Nikon, Pentax, and Canon. Wish I discovered it long ago.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/755549-REG/Vello_OCD_U33_Universal_Duo_TTL_Off_Camera.html

 

[removed account4]

i uncoiled the flash head of my lumedyne, but now my arm is about 2 inches long

 

[f/16]

I figured it out. I strecthed(and uncoiled)about 10-12 inches at a time and held it over the hot stove burner. Then, while still stretched, wrapped it in a wet rag to cool it rapidly. It doesn't look pretty, but the cord is much more useful now.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I got a TTL flash cord for my Pentax 645. But it's near useless coiled-about 18 inches. Uncoiled it would probably be about 3 or 4 feet. Is there a way to uncoil it?

No.