I have two Nikon film cameras (one is an FE2).
Is it possible to fire a modern ring flash made for a DLSR with such equipment, or do I need a dedicated unit?
I have hot shoe adapters and sync cables, so I have some flexibility with connectivity, but I am guessing they need to be Nikon-compatible.
If this is possible, does anyone have any product advice?
Answer
A sync cable is a sync cable. If your camera has a PC port that your cable fits and your flash has a PC port that your cable fits then the camera should be able to fire the flash. Of course you will need to control the flash power manually when using a PC connection. If the flash in question doesn't allow for that it probably doesn't have a generic PC port.
*PC in the context of flash photography has nothing to do with a personal computer. It is an abbreviation of Prontor/Compur. Prontor has its origins in the Italian word pronto (quick) and was a brand of shutter produced by Alfred Gauthier in the 1950s. Compur, derived from the word compound, was the shutter brand of the Deckel Company. Both companies were based in Germany and both counted Zeiss as an influential stockholder when they introduced the standard 1/8"-inch coaxial connector for shutter/flash synchronization.
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