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Wotan / Osram SC-18 flash - help needed


attila_thehun

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Trivial question, but the answer is important to me.

 

I just acquired two Wotan (Osram) SC18 flashes for small studio use.

They incorporate a slave, but are also cord triggered. It's not a PC

sync socket though. It appears to be some sort of miniature "jack"

socket - but I have no idea what.

 

Does anyone have one of these and/or know what leads I should be

searching for, or alternatively, whether there is a PC sync

to "miniature plug" adapter that would work.

 

All help very gratefully received, many thx - AtH

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  • 4 weeks later...

FWIW, I have an answer.

 

As SWMBO would say, "size matters" <G>, or more particularly the length. Some 2.5mm mono plugs are shorter than others - these won't latch into the socket reliably and spring out at the wrong moment (often triggering the flash). This was happening to me.

 

The Portaflash Series 3 leads work OK, as do some that came in a cheapo buy on eBay.

 

AtH

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