RE: Revere Flash Hot Shoe Adapter

[Mark_Poole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Poole)]

     I just bought one of these from Reel 3d for $17.95 (pretty steep for a 
     little piece of aluminum with a hole in it).  I did not know of the 
     tricks that have just come to light on this list or I might have 
     reconsidered.  I wanted the Realist for close-up indoor shots, so I 
     placed the order with Reel 3-d when I placed the order with Dr. George 
     T. for the Realist.
     
     Your electronic flash does not go into the adapter, they suggest you 
     mount it on an L-bracket.  The aluminum adapter was a little snug.  I 
     mounted my flash on an old aluminum L-bracket I had laying around 
     (after reversing the molded plastic handle, the Realist is the only 
     camera I have ever owned with the shutter release on the left side). I 
     ran a short pc cord from adapter to the flash.  I then turned on the 
     flash, cocked the shutter, focused in on Lilly, "Most High Queen of 
     the Felines" and hit the release.  There was the almost soundless 
     click of the shutter and, oops, _no_ light.  I manually trigger the 
     flash; yup, that works.  It turns out I had put the adapter in 
     backwards (par for the course, for me).  In my defense, I must state 
     that there are no markings to indicate which way is correct.  The unit 
     appears to be working fine now.
     
     The L-bracket took a little getting used to.  It does not get in the 
     way of the focus knob, and it does keep me from putting my fingers 
     over the right-side range-finder opening.  I do have to loosen it to 
     release the camera back, it covers that little lever on the bottom.
     I kind of like it, now, because the molded hand grip gives me 
     something to grasp the camera with.
     
     Even though I don't like spending money on something I may not have 
     needed, having the hot shoe adapter/pc cord has already got me 
     thinking about creative lighting techniques from using off camera 
     flash...
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     Mark Poole               |  Mark_Poole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
     The ants find kingdoms in a foot of ground -William Rose Benet 
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