P3D Re: Peanut Slave

["Ivester, Paul" <ivestep@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> |I''m confulsed too.  I just bought one from Adorama, and it doesn't 
> |appear to plug in to my V. 285.  Figuring I'd got a different model,
> I 
> |ordered a second one from a local camera store.  The package says
> 'plugs 
> |directly into a Vivitar 283/285', only  it  _doesn't_!   With a short
> 
> |Vivitar PC to Vivitar adapter cord, it works fine.  Still, it's
> puzzling.
> |
> |
> |>Well, I got the peanut. . .Where do you plug it in?  
> |>On the box it says Peanut Slave (PN). 
> |>On the back of the box it says:
> |>"The Peanut Slave is small in size, big in performance.
> |>Plugs directly into Vivitar 283/285 strobes and all 
> |>other non-dedicated flash units or cords fitted with a 
> |>standard PC terminal".
> |>
> |>Where does it "directly" plug in?
> |>I am using it on a Vivitar 283.
> |>
> |>Thanks-Brenda
> 
> Just for clarification's sake - what does the connector on the Vivitar
> look like? Is it
> PC (nice & confusing with "personal computers" and "politically
> correct", eh?).
> 
> Or does it look like a standard two prong wall plug (I have one of
> those - it's amazing to
> me that the industry did that!). That's what my Honeywell Strobonar
> Pressmaster 880
> has (the two prong connector). 
> 
> Or is is something else?
> 
It's something else.  The Vivitar jack is unique to Vivitar.  
You don't really want to plug your peanut slave directly 
into the Vivitar anyway.  The sensor would point out to one 
side.  With a short PC cord you can point the sensor toward 
your main flash for greatest sensitivity.  That's what 
works best for me.  Vivitar makes a slave that goes under 
the hot shoe.  This sounds convenient, but it isn't.  The 
sensor on this points forward.  I end up using a PC cord 
and taping it on the side toward the camera.  (BTW, for 
those who are confused, "PC" stands for Prontor-Compur, 
the shutter makers who originated the miniature coaxial 
flash connector, which very few stereo cameras use without 
adapters.)

Paul Ivester
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