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ghe67 · Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Posts: 12 Location: Torino

HI all,
does anyone knows which type of cable I need to connect my Rodenstock Rotelar/Compur to a metz flash?
I think is a normal female PC but on the Graflex manual is reported as DIN type connection..?
Any helps?
Thanks
Giorgio

1banjo · Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 492 Location: kansas

yes Giorgio the Rodenstock Rotelar/Compur uses a standerd PC on the cable

C. Henry · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:49 pm Post subject:

Back in the 1950s there were several names for what we now call a PC connection.
DIN stood for Deutch Industrie Norm (which loosely translated is German Industrial Standards) was one of them.
Another name was Practika/Contax post from which we get the current "PC" designation.

C. Henry

1banjo · Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 492 Location: kansas

OK C. Henry thank you for that bite of history
how about the ASA flash pluge on minty Kodaks cameras

banjo

C. Henry · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject:

Banjo;

AFAIK the sync cable connection on vintage Kodaks was called by only three names:
1. Kodak flash post (sometimes shortened to only one or two of those words.)
2. ASA (from American Standards Association)
3. Bayonet post.

C. Henry