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04-21-2011, 07:35 AM   #1
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5pin cord and multiflash...

Hi! Im wondering if anyone has used the 5pin cord to connect a hotshoe mounted flash to an off camera flash? For example: I have an AF500FTZ. This flash has the 5pin socket. What I want to do is get the 5pin cord, and another flash with the 5pin socket (probably the AF240FT), mount one flash on my camera and use the cord to connect the other flash off camera, without using any other adapters...Does this work?

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04-21-2011, 10:02 AM   #2
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Something like this (Pentax FG hotshoe adapter + Pentax F5P sync cord):




A less costly solution is to use a third party cord (the flash happens to be a Vivitar but it can be a Pentax):




You didn't ask, but since you brought up two Pentax TTL flash units: Please note that the Pentax DSLRs after the *ist series don't support TTL. If you set the flash unit in TTL mode, it will always fire at full power.

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