That's what I thought. I have a huge StroboFrame Pro flash bracket for my 6x7 that flips, but I always used it with a PC cord and my AF 400T. The Sigma 500 Super that I use with my D most of the time has no PC connection. The StroboFrame Pro is overkill for the D, so I was thinking of getting a small bracket like the one you've shown here. Paul On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:09 PM, John Celio wrote:
>> Will it work with a flash that has no PC connector? Does it allow >> cabling from hotshoe to hotshoe? > > Every flash bracket I've ever seen will support a camera and/or flash > that > has either a normal hot shoe or PC socket. It works like this: > > A bracket must have a shoe of some sort, in order to hold the flash. > All > you need to make the flash connect to the camera is an off-camera TTL > cable > like the one I own (http://tinyurl.com/ksb7t). The cable sits on the > camera's hot shoe, and the other end is placed between the flash and > the > bracket's flash shoe. The final setup should look something like this: > > http://www.camerahobby.com/Images/Technical/ProT2.jpg > > When you flip the flash over into the vertical shooting position, it > looks > like this: > > http://www.camerahobby.com/Images/Technical/ProT3.jpg > > Notice the flash head is directly above the lens in both > configurations, and > most brackets allow for various adjustments to get the alignment > perfectly > set. > > Most pro photographers I met at my old job who used flash had a setup > like > this. There are dozens of brackets out there, including some which > rotate > the camera, not the bracket or flash, to achieve horizontal and > vertical > shooting positions. > > In my opinion, if you're shooting with flash frequently, you can't go > wrong > with a flip-able flash bracket. Heck, I only use my bracket once or > twice a > year, but it's worth it. The portrait I posted as a PESO a few weeks > back > (http://www.neovenator.com/special/c_and_t.jpg) was shot with my > AF540FGZ > and my FlashFrame bracket. > > > John Celio > > -- > > http://www.neovenator.com > > AIM: Neopifex > > "Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a > statement." > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
