Re: [photo-3d] RE: Realist and Nimslo, the final work and apology

[Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>]

Now that you mention it, I think I tried to use a Nimslo flash on a
Realist once and discovered the problem you mention. I also tried using
my Olympus T-20 (that I usually use on my Realist) on my Nimslo once and
found that it didn't fire, although I don't think there *should* have
been a problem using other flashes on the Nimslo. The other problem with
the Olympus T-20 would have been that its auto ranges for asa 100 are f4
and f8 rather than 5.6 which the Nimslo needs. Oh, well. I didn't pursue
it as I don't use flash much on the Nimslo anyway, which I mainly use
for closeups. (Since I need  more depth of field than f5.6 with flash
would give, I pretty much use it in bright sun only.) -Linda

"Feldman, Jack (Jack)" wrote:
> 
> I left one shot on my present roll to try the Nimslo flash with my Realist.
> I put it in the hot shoe, raised the Realist to my eye, and then started
> laughing.
> 
> After figuring f stop, depth of field, shutter speed, and bounce flash, I
> didn't take one thing into account. When you mount the Nimslo flash on the
> Realist, you can't press the shutter release.
> 
> It seems that the Nimslo flash has the mounting bracket on the right of the
> flash instead of the normal center. That means it can be used with any
> camera that has the shutter release on the right side. When you put it on a
> Realist, it covers the left side of the camera and leaves no way to get to
> the Realist's button!