Re: Sunny 16 Doubter

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> dealing with equipment that has been in use for fifty years. I don't know
> any hobby photographers (or pros for that matter) that look with pride on
> any camera more than 10 years old.

You need to attend a stereo photography club meeting.  They're full of 
folk like that.  You're invited to our club's meetings if you're in
the Portland, OR area (toward end of month usually....).

> Which reminds be of a question that's been niggling at my brain for a
> while: Reel3d sell the cute little Realist Flash Adapters because "The hot
> shoe on the bottom of your flash will /NOT/ work - you /must/ connect to
> the atapter with a cord and a PC plug." Assuming that this is true (and I

They probably are talking about their adapter where the top of the adapter
has a place on the top where a flash-shoe can fit physically, but to which
there probably are no electrical flash connections.  So obviously, hot shoes
won't work on the top of their adapter. 


> have no reason to doubt it), when exactly did the design of the hot shoe
> change enough and in what manner, to render the Realist hot shoe
> incompatible? If I find an array of vintage flash units, how far back in
> time to I go to find one that works?

On the top of their adapter, there wouldn't be any, ever.  I think.  :-)

However one can modify the flash shoe on one's realist in any of a number
of ways to make it compatible directly with flashes -- or modify the foot on a 
flash to be so.  I've seen it done both ways (as well as using adapters or even 
"real" realist flashes).

Photo-3D's archives probably has at least 3 or 4 different modification methods
from all angles of approach.  :-)

Mike K.

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