P3D Re: Interesting yet frustratin problem (HELP!)

[Jay Schumacher <x-high@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. George A. Themelis wrote:
> 
> Hi Jay!

Greetings DrT!

> I am a bit confused about this story... How did Zak install a PC
> cord?  Why didn't you just use the Reel-3d adapter for the Realist?
> How can you try the flash on the Realist hot shoe with the PC
> cord installed?

Sorry for the confusion. What Zak installed was a PC connector on the
lower right corner of the lens board as you look at the front of the
camera (beside one of the rangefinder windows). The hot shoe is not
involved at all. I chose this route since he already had the camera
for refurbing and I thought it was a more elegant long term solution
to flash syncing than using an adaptor. It would be, too, if it
worked. ;-)
 
> If you are sure that the flash works and the Realist hot shoe works
> then there is only one thing that cannot work:  The PC cord!

That's what I thought, at first, but that same flash will fire without
problem when plugged into my OM-2 or my Kodak Stereo using the same PC
cord. Plus, my other flash fires without problem when plugged into the
Realist.

> I recommend that you check the connection of the PC cord with a
> meter to see if the contact is made when the camera fires.  Set
> the camera at B or T.  There is should be a contact made while
> the shutter is ON.  If your meter does not have a continuity
> tester, just measure the resistance when the shutter is ON.
> Poke around and see which connection fails.  (If you don't have
> a meter, use the flash.  Put two wires in the contacts. When
> the wires are shorted, the flash fires).

I don't have a meter at home, right now, but since the Toshiba flash
fires when plugged into anything but my Realist I don't think the PC
cord is bad, and since the Realist will fire my other flash, it seems
like the connector that Zak installed is not defective. That's the
problem, everything seems to work except when the flash that I bought
for the Realist is plugged into the Realist. :(

Thanks,

Jay


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