Mamiya C330 flash

I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

In message , John Fields
writes
I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

There's a special technique involved: putting the flash into the hotshoe
from the front.
This saves the scorched forehead.
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Paul Friday

"John Fields" wrote in message
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I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

The shoe on the Mamiya TLR system is primarily for mounting accessories. I
will assume you know that a cable is required to connect any flash unit to a
Mamiya TLR as each lens has its own independent connector. There is no
apparent way to "reverse" the shoe on the C330 so yours is probably
assembled correctly. All other things being OK, the trouble is likely with
the flash shoe, not the camera. I know all my small strobe units fit
properly as I tried them tonight. The most common way of mounting flash to
the Mamiya TLR is upon a separate bracket, like the TLR hand grip.

Truly, dr bob.

I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

as another poster suggested, the shoe of the mamiya is just a mount for
accessories like a meter, or some of the early shoe flash, definitely not a
HOT shoe.

So just buy a flash bracket, you can find them rather cheap now as the kind
you need is being sold off as folks go to digital. The kind you need will
shift the flash above and forward some what further than brackets designed
for slr types so you have some clearance to look down into the viewfinder.

There's a special technique involved: putting the flash into the hotshoe
from the front.
This saves the scorched forehead.

Excellent :-)))

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Vincent Becker
Photographie et appareils anciens - Photography and classic cameras
http://www.lumieresenboite.com

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:31:22 +0000, Paul Friday
wrote:

In message , John Fields
writes
I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

There's a special technique involved: putting the flash into the hotshoe
from the front.
This saves the scorched forehead.

did you read the note? the flash points towards me rather than the
subject. at least some people knew something and weren't adolescents
who should keep their noses out of things they can't conceivable
understand.

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:03:33 +0100, Vincent Becker
wrote:


There's a special technique involved: putting the flash into the hotshoe
from the front.
This saves the scorched forehead.

Excellent :-)))

someone else who knows nothing

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:21:42 -0800, "zeitgeist"
wrote:



I purchased a Mamiya C330 on ebay to play with. the flash
shoe is "backwards" for my flash units. it looks right compared to
the manual but the flash doesn't point forward if you put it in. is
there some special adapter I don't know about?

as another poster suggested, the shoe of the mamiya is just a mount for
accessories like a meter, or some of the early shoe flash, definitely not a
HOT shoe.

So just buy a flash bracket, you can find them rather cheap now as the kind
you need is being sold off as folks go to digital. The kind you need will
shift the flash above and forward some what further than brackets designed
for slr types so you have some clearance to look down into the viewfinder.

I have many brackets for my sunpak stuff I can use
unlike my commie TLR (lubitel) the mamiya appears designed with
extra-camera lighting in mind
I was just a little concerned that the taper of the shoe was reverse
to what I am used to.
20-20 hindsight, its a lousy spot to put a flash anyways
a bracket supports using the flash to light rather than just fill

In message , John Fields
writes
did you read the note? the flash points towards me rather than the
subject. at least some people knew something and weren't adolescents
who should keep their noses out of things they can't conceivable
understand.

You are right, it was childish fun at your expense.
:-)

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Paul Friday