At 02:47 3/8/00 , Gwynne Little wondered:
>I recently bought a used (no manual) Power Bounce Grip 2. Just under the
>locking lever there is a button and beside the button there is a small jack
>labeled M Grip Cord. What are these for?
That is a sub-miniature phone jack. It is connected to the button (which
is really a momentary switch). It is for use with a Winder2 or MotorDrive
to release the shutter electrically through the winder or motordrive. The
M.Grip Cord is a short cord with a sub-miniature phone plug on each end.
One end goes into the jack on the Bounce Grip 2 and the other into the
remote release jack on the winder or motordrive.
How it hooks together:
Put the winder or motordrive onto the camera body. Then stack the Bounce
Grip under the winder/motordrive. Make the flash connection to the camera
body with the PC cord (flash in normal auto or manual) or one of the other
multi-pin cords for this (for TTL auto control). You can now use this by
using the shutter button on the winder/motordrive. If you hook an M.Grip
Cord (or equivalent) between the Bounce Grip and winder/motordrive, you can
use the button on the Bounce Grip (the winder button will still work too).
An "official" M.Grip Cord isn't required. Any two-wire cord with sub-mini
phone plugs on each end will work.
A good description of the Bounce Grip 2 is here on Hans' wonderful "Sales
Information File" site which has a little info about the connection:
http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/om-sif/flashphotogroup/power_bounce_grip.htm
The other half (winder/motordrive and M.Grip Cord) is here (also on Hans'
site):
http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/om-sif/motordrivegroup/winder_2.htm
http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/om-sif/motordrivegroup/grip_cords.htm
Hans van Veluwen's main page (which you may want to bookmark):
http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/
Hope this helps,
-- John
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