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Re: [OM] Flash foul-up, what happened?

Subject: Re: [OM] Flash foul-up, what happened?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 14:47:33 -0400
Just use an adapter like this.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/621573-REG/Interfit_STR115_STR115_Hot_Shoe_Adapter.html#features>
Or like the ebay special on the left here.
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/gear/Homemade%20bracket%20&%20various%20hotshoe%20adapters.jpg>
It has 2 PC connectors plus a triggering switch for testing. Not quite 
as convenient as the real thing but not burdensome either.

Chuck Norcutt


Ken Norton wrote:
>> We'd maybe never know the difference.  Of the several flash bulb guns
>> I've owned I believe all were designed only for attachment to the PC
>> socket.  But I could be wrong.  That was a long time ago.
>>
> 
> 
> For the first time, I now have a serious camera that does not have a PC
> socket. Much to my dismay, the L1 is PC-socket free.
> 
> No big deal you ask?
> 
> Hardly. It means that I can't use the wireless flash triggers along side the
> built-in flash, and it also means that if I'm going to use the T45, I have
> to use a hot-shoe adapter or the wireless trigger. I can't even use a
> Vivitar 285HV off-camera without adapters.
> 
> Excuse my shouting here, but even Minolta got this right on the A1 as they
> placed a PC socket on that camera. Granted, Minolta (Konica-Minolta, Sony)
> uses that non-standard hot-shoe design, but for crying out loud, at least
> they understood that somebody MIGHT want to use external non-dedicated
> flashes.
> 
> This is why I trash-talked the Olympus E-P1 because they didn't include ANY
> means to trigger a flash with a viewfinder installed. That, my friends, is a
> sign that somebody just doesn't get it.
> 
> AG
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