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pv17vv · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: Flash connector adapter

What is the exact name of this ?

http://cjoint.com/?fovvsaAxg6

Still to be found somewhere outside auction ?

alecj · Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 853 Location: Alabama

That's an ASA to PC sync cord adapter. The large end fits over the ASA (commonly known as the Kodak, or bayonet) fitting, and the small end provides a female plug for a normal PC male cord fitting.

Henry · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject:

I've not seen a gizmo like the picture, although it makes a lot of sense. You probably know that you can have Paramount make you up a cable with one of those connectors on each end ( http://www.paramountcords.com ).

alecj · Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 853 Location: Alabama

These became popular because Kodak's attempt to encourage the industry to come over to its flash connection system failed. Too bad, actually. A cord plugged into one of Kodak's bayonet posts is far less likely to accidentally pull out than a PC cord, but the public didn't go for it.

C. Henry · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

As Alecj says the ASA (commonly known as the Kodak, or bayonet) is much less likely than the PC to pull off should the sync cord get snagged on something. I learned this the hard way in the early 1950s having to pay a steep repair bill when a snagged cord resulted in the post tearing out of the shutter on my Kodak Pony 135!
I was not happy with the bayonet connection after that and have preferred any connection that will separate without damage in that type of mishap. After all a lost exposure is probably less expensive than a shutter rebuild and certainly less costly than both the lost shot AND the shutter rebuild!

C. Henry

Henry · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:

Yep, my Pony 135 has the ASA bayonet, too, and while I never pulled out the post I can agree that it made a real secure connection to the Kodaflash. I still have camera, case, and flash, but the camera shutter is gummed up and I haven't tried the Ronsonol soak on it because I can't figure out how to remove the optics. It looks like it would be a lot of work, and for what? It's a very frustrating little camera to use because the focus is by guesswork, and the viewfinder is so imprecise. But I took a lot of pictures with it! And it still has the little machined aluminum post cap---imagine a manufacturer doing that today---that is missing on most of the examples I see. You can't give away the Pony 135 today, and I won't throw it away, so I guess I'm stuck with it.

pv17vv · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 10:11 am Post subject:

Thank you for your replies.

Georges