RE: Realist flash sync

[P3D <gtank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob H. writes:
>It was my impression that early stereos were m-sycn only and had to be
>modified for electronic flash. MY Realist was modified so I don't know
>if it was once M.

Gregory J. Wageman writes:
>Aha!  So I might not be crazy after all (at least, not insofar as this
>particular topic is concerned).

I'll add my recent bonding experience I had with my Realist. This last weekend I 
modified my flash shoe to work with my electronic flash (very tastefully if I do 
say so my self, thanks to all who gave me advice). I also took off the lense 
board and cleaned the flash/shutter contact. For those who have never ventured 
inside, the flash is fired when and arm that connects both shutters reaches its 
maximum travel and contacts a metal tab completing the circuit and firing what 
every you contact to the hot shoe (hmmm, maybe the realist could be used for 
much more). The circuit is simple, effective and just like a door bell. So, any 
bulb/shutter sync is fully dependent on the bulb's timing required to reach peak 
output and linking it with a shutter speed slow enough to accommodate it.(I will 
avoid anymore X-rating, but I have a pretty good idea of the gender of the 
bulb). Now one could try to adjust the metal contact to trigger the bulb before 
the shutters were fully open to try to accommodate a faster shutter speed, but I 
think you would never get those nasty floating bulb spots out of your eyes.:>) 
tanker


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