Just use an adapter like this.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/621573-REG/Interfit_STR115_STR115_Hot_Shoe_Adapter.html#features>
Or like the ebay special on the left here.
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/gear/Homemade%20bracket%20&%20various%20hotshoe%20adapters.jpg>
It has 2 PC connectors plus a triggering switch for testing. Not quite
as convenient as the real thing but not burdensome either.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> We'd maybe never know the difference. Of the several flash bulb guns
>> I've owned I believe all were designed only for attachment to the PC
>> socket. But I could be wrong. That was a long time ago.
>>
>
>
> For the first time, I now have a serious camera that does not have a PC
> socket. Much to my dismay, the L1 is PC-socket free.
>
> No big deal you ask?
>
> Hardly. It means that I can't use the wireless flash triggers along side the
> built-in flash, and it also means that if I'm going to use the T45, I have
> to use a hot-shoe adapter or the wireless trigger. I can't even use a
> Vivitar 285HV off-camera without adapters.
>
> Excuse my shouting here, but even Minolta got this right on the A1 as they
> placed a PC socket on that camera. Granted, Minolta (Konica-Minolta, Sony)
> uses that non-standard hot-shoe design, but for crying out loud, at least
> they understood that somebody MIGHT want to use external non-dedicated
> flashes.
>
> This is why I trash-talked the Olympus E-P1 because they didn't include ANY
> means to trigger a flash with a viewfinder installed. That, my friends, is a
> sign that somebody just doesn't get it.
>
> AG
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