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"PC sync socket" for flash
Just bought a Voigtlander (Voigtländer) Vitomatic I rangefinder,
originally sold in the very late 1950s and very early 1960s. Several websites say it has a pc sync socket for flash. A Google search on "pc sync socket" did not readily reveal whether that term is a universal standard, permitting me to use any flash described as such on the camera. Nor did I find any information about whether any and all inexpensive electronic flashes existed that had such a sync and/or might work on the camera. (By the way, I have a flash from the period that was apparently used with the camera, an Agfalux, but while the 22.5V battery is still sold by Radio Shack, the #5 flash bulbs are expensive enough to warrant a CALL! in the price column of the internet's premier flash bulb supplier. While I might like to try old flash bulbs under limited circumstances, I'd like to make this a working indoor, as well as outdoor, camera, at minimum expense. Which rules out flash bulbs.) Can anyone explain whether I can use any flash unit described as having a "pc sync socket" on this camera? Jeff Edwards (Please do not reply directly to my email address). |
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