Flash solutions, PC or not.

[Eric_Drysdale@xxxxxxxxxx (Eric Drysdale)]

Hello everyone,

Here's my take on fitting a flash on older cameras,
_even ones without PC cables_. 

I, too, was not happy about filing away at a family heirloom.  Even if that
bump  
is just an annoying nuisance... it's the _original, authentic_ annoying
nuisance.
So, the solution I chose, with help from this list, was to get a Hot-shoe-to-
PC adapter and file a groove along the center.   
However,the flash I inherited did not come with a PC cord.  I went to my
local photo store and asked for a Hot-Shoe-to-PC adapter, _and_
a PC-back-to-Hot-shoe-adapter.  This was met with some confusion, and
I didn't try too hard to explain.  

Anyway, with a round file,  I cut a groove down  the center of the PC-Hotshoe
,
and it slid over the bump.  I then  taped the Hotshoe-PC in place on top 
of it with electrical tape, so it's more like a solid unit.  My flash now
sits
high atop a PC-Hotshoe atop a Hotshoe-PC.  It's  ugly,  it wobbles a bit,
but it works beautifully.

Careful!  The Hot Shoe-PC adapter I got was not solid.  It had a spring
mechanism with a little
metal nub to make the contact with the center, and I was worried that I would
start filing,
and the spring would shoot out, blinding me and making the adapter worthless.
 I just 
put a _teeny_ drop of super glue in the tiny space between the nub and the 
adapter housing, making sure that I didn't get any on the 
metal surface of the nub.  I filed right into it as if it were solid, and it
stayed in
place no problem.

-E


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