Pentax 67 question

"Mr. Strat" <rag RemoveThis @nospam.techline.com> wrote in message
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> In article <47a7f18a$0$6473$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, rwalker
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>> However, I am running into trouble with trying to use a flash with it. I
>> have an electronic flash. Following what I do with my other medium
>> format
>> camera, a Yashica D, I put the flash in manual mode, and set the shutter
>> speed at 1/30 or less, or on X, but I get no flash. I've looked around
>> for
>> information about what the problem may be, but I haven't been able to
>> figure
>> it out. I know the flash works. It works perfectly well with my Yashica
>> D
>> and with my digital SLR.
>
> I used mine with flash on a pretty regular basis. Could be a bad cord
> or something messed up inside the camera.

It's either the flash, the cord, or the camera. The standard PC socket can
be tempermental, and a cord that works on one camera might not make good
contact on another. Try another cord. Try squeezing the outer barrel of the
cord connector very careflully. Get hold of an Ohmeter (electrical
continuity test meter), and see if there is continuity at the time that the
camera fires.

Did the camera previously work with flash? If so, perhaps the flash you were
using has a higher trigger voltage. There may be some corrosion on the sync
circuit in the camera that the higher sync voltage didn't care about. Or the
higher synce voltage may have caused some pitting in the contact surfaces
and now your flash with lower sync voltage can't get good closure.
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"Ken Hart" <kwhart1 DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> It's either the flash, the cord, or the camera. The standard PC socket can
> be tempermental, and a cord that works on one camera might not make good
> contact on another. Try another cord. Try squeezing the outer barrel of
> the cord connector very careflully.

Many thanks! One slight squeeze of the outer barrel of the cord connector
and it works like a charm!
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"rwalker" <rwalker.RemoveThis@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> "Ken Hart" <kwhart1.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> It's either the flash, the cord, or the camera. The standard PC socket
>> can be tempermental, and a cord that works on one camera might not make
>> good contact on another. Try another cord. Try squeezing the outer barrel
>> of the cord connector very careflully.
>
> Many thanks! One slight squeeze of the outer barrel of the cord connector
> and it works like a charm!
>
Well, it worked once anyway. On to work on other possible fixes.
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"Ken Hart" <kwhart1 RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> It's either the flash, the cord, or the camera.

Turned out to be the cord. The cord I had worked fine with my Yashica D,
but just wouldn't work with the Pentax 67. Got another cord, and it works
like a charm.

Thanks again for the suggestions.
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