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Re: [OM] what flash cord?

Subject: Re: [OM] what flash cord?
From: Christopher Biggs <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07 Mar 2000 15:51:56 +1000
Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake 
thusly:

> What cords are needed to plug a T32 (or any other for that matter) to the
> little socket inside the X/FP selector on an -1n? That way, I can have off
> camera flash, and more importantly, use the T32 with the Exa. You see, the
> Zuiko primes are way to sharp for portraits, and the Domiplan on the Exa,
> with a nice case of fungus, has yielded some very nice pics :))

That's a standard PC socket (the etymology of 'PC' is unclear, but
many say it stands for Prontor-Compur).  Any old flash cord will
work.  As it's only two pins, there's no TTL automation (but then
neither is there on an OM-1).

Does the T32 have a PC socket on it?  My T20 does not.  The solution
is a "cold-shoe to hot-shoe adapter", which is a tiny widget that fits
in a flash shoe, has a hot-shoe on top, and a short cable coming out
the side with a PC plug on it.  I mount the shoe adaptor on my flash
bracket, plug the cable into the camera, and mount the flash on the
adaptor.

The shoe adapter should cost under $20.  A PC cable (which is needed
if you want to move the flash further away than the short cable on the
adaptor permits) should be even cheaper.

cjb

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