P3D Re: Slave Flashes

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: charlie hotchkiss <revchas@xxxxxxxx>


>>From time to time the subject of slave flash units surfaces here.
They
>are very useful and nearly de rigueur for the Argus/Loreo units.
>
>Years ago I did a lot of Polaroid photography and I used slave flashes
as
>a simple way to augment the weak units available for the instant
cameras.
> I had a exquisitely simple, dirt cheap circuit to make slave triggers.


Or, you could buy yourself a Wein "HS" (Hot Shoe) slave for $30 from B&H
photo in New York.  This tiny unit has a  tripod-mount 1/4"-20 socket on
the bottom and a hot shoe on top.  Any hot shoe-mount flash will work
with it, and it even has a PC connector in case your flash only has a
cold shoe and a PC cord.  The slave sensor can point forwards or
backwards as necessary.  It's advertised to work up to 150' from the
primary flash.

I have a couple and they work great.  For what it's worth.

     -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)




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