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From: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Will this work?
Message-ID: <377@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Mar-85 16:19:32 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 24 16:19:32 1985
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Reply-To: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner)
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In article <212@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>I have a few venerable Kodaks (can I mention that brand here?) from the
>late 40's and early 50's. Some of them, such as the old Pony 135 have a
>strange twist-lock connector for the flash.
>
>Is there any reason why I can't take a suitable connector and graft it onto
>a standard pc cord? If so, does anyone have a suggestion for what shutter
>speed I should use with a normal electronic flash.


You won't have an electrical problem, but you may have a timing problem.
The real oldies synchronized with flashbulbs, which take a bit of time to
ignite.  I think I remember some cameras which had a two-position control
labelled "M" and "X", the former being for plain vanilla flashbulbs and the
latter being for new-fangled wire-filled bulbs that had a very short
ignition delay.  There also was sold a bulb with a very long peak (~1/25
sec.) which permitted shooting at all speeds, i.e. slit widths, with a
focal-plane shutter.  My unreliable recollection is that in cameras which
had the "X" option, this was usable with both the short-delay bulbs and with
electronic flash.  

In answer to your other question:  with a between-the-lens shutter, if you
synchronize correctly at any shutter speed, you do so at all shutter
speeds.

Herb Kanner
Tymnet, Inc.



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Herb Kanner
Tymnet, Inc.