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I recently purchased a Vivitar 285HV flash unit for use with my Panasonic G1. Because the SC-3 Sensor Extension Cord is no longer available, I bought the WEIN Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe adapter to get the PC cable port. Using a PC cable, I can mount the 285 on a Stroboframe and connect with the PC cable. That gives me sufficient distance of the flash from the camera lens to avoid red eye on direct flash. However, I find that the WEIN PC connection doesn't work on the 285HV. As it happens, I have two other Vivitar units with PC ports, both 283s. They both behave as expected when connecting from the WEIN unit to the 283 with a PC cable. However, I don't need a PC connection for the 283s because I have the Sensor Extension Cable for them, which works just great. All three flash units fire when mounted on the WEIN Hot Shoe. So, the WEIN doesn't meet my requirement of providing a workable PC port for use with my Vivitar 285H. My Leica and Olympus will both fire the 285HV on a PC cable. The Olympus hot shoe mounted WEIN will not fire 285 over PC. I'm speculating that perhaps the WEIN reduces the flash sync terminal voltage too much to fire the 285 over the PC cable. The WEIN reduces the voltage from 4.35v to 3.80v. In addition, the specification for the WEIN claims that two flashes will fire simultaneously, one connected via PC, the other on the hot shoe. Not true! Only one flash fires and that's the one on the PC cable (not the 285, however).
Next, I bought the HAMA 6950 Universal Hot Shoe Flash Adapter. The HAMA satisfies my requirement of firing the Vivitar 285HV over the PC cable. So, I spent a lot just to get the same capability I would have had with the SC-3 Sensor Extension cable for the 285 for about $10. Too bad Vivitar quit making the SC-3.

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Due to the lack of a sync port on the Nikon D90, this little gem is the ONLY device to use when syncing older studio lights. Without the Wein SSHSHS Safe-Sync, the power required to fire my older Norman lights would kill my camera. Sure you can drop a ton of $$$ on Pocket Wizards, but this is a GREAT alternative and even better to have on hand as a backup....

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This adapter brings the trigger voltage of my old 283 flash down from it's 261 volts DC to 5.5 volts DC. I can now use it safely on my D90. The flash fires more reliably when I plug the PC cord into the adapter's PC socket, rather than using just the hot shoe contact of the flash unit.

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Used both in the studio & field with older Norman & Vivitar units. The perfect fix for the lack of PC plug in Nikon digital SLRs.

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I like that it lets me use my older strobes, like the 283; it lets me use my old studio strobes without frying the circuitry of my camera, and there's a wonderful old ring flash I can use now.

Downside? It doesn't lock to the hotshoe. My 283 is heavy enough that there's some serious wobble going on, and I wonder if it's going to fall off one of these days. I would call that a fairly bad design flaw for something like this.

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I wonder why this particular pc connection was omitted from the D90?

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I have a Vivitar 283 flash, with 289 volts at contact,the "Safe-Sync reduced the voltage to
less than 8.0 vdc works great with my Pentax K2000

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This is a replacement unit - the original lasted about 2 years before it started to miss fire!!!! Other than the light construction that most likely lead to the miss firing the unit worked as advertised.

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The Wein SSHSHS Safe-Sync Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe is an extremely robust unit made to professional heavy duty standards: Bullet Proof and Bomb resistant. The Wein Safe-Sync Hot Shoe isolates sensitive digital cameras from the high voltages that sometimes find their way down the sync cords of powerful high voltage spiking studio flash units - a must to protect your camera. If you don't use the Wein SSHSHS Safe-Sync Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe you should at the very least use a wireless transmitter such as a Pocket Wizard or Wein Wireless Transmitter to protect your camera. The great thing about this unit too is that it allows the photographer to use studio sync flash with ANY camera that has a hot shoe. I purposely purchased it to use studio flash with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 that does not have a a sync connection except for the hot shoe. The Wein SSHSHS Safe-Sync Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe worked like a charm. Its an essential part of any photographers kit as a fall back should there ever be a problem with a wireless transmitter. Don't leave home without it!

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Can I use this device with my Nikon D60 and flash Metz 45 CT-1? Thanks for answers and advice.

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I am not a big fan of adapters, but since most digital cameras no longer have a PC terminal, this little adapter is convenient. The built in flash on my D70 is OK...but at times I prefer a bit more flexibility. With the adapter I can use a strobe frame or use studio lights.

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My 5D has a PC adapter for flash, but my Elan does not. This safe-sync allows me to use my Elan with the studio electronic flash system.

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The product was great, did the job very well and your customer support person (Vic) was very helphfull. I will buy more of my photo needs from Vic, Thanks again.

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I've never had a problem with this little gizmo. It's unfortunate that it's necessary still, but it's the simplest and safest solution for studio strobes unless you want to drop some big dollars. Maybe someday soon it will become obsolete, but for now I would recommend it.

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Bought this to attach my old vivitar flashes to my Canon 20D, especially since I use a jackrabbit powerpack, which can lead to overheating the flash. Unfortunately the wein attachment doesn't fit snugly enough and resulted in intermittent firing- and sometimes none at all. Great when you're in the middle of a shoot and suddenly find yourself with a flash which no longer fires, and have to whip off the flash and resort to the on-camera. Very embarrassing. Thanks Wein! Not to mention that I brought back the original one (same reason) to my store , who replaced it (but same problem), then attempted to fix it with layers of price stickers (to increase snugness). It didn't work, and I should have returned the dud for the $100. I paid for it. The only positive thing I can say, is that the price has evidently since gone down, but not enough...

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My biggest complaint was that they made the sync outlet bigger to insure a 'more secure fit'. I ended up toiling away for hours trying to pry open up the sync plug and then having to force it to get it to fit. I ended up stretching out and ruining my sync cord. In addition I found my strobes wouldn't fire most of the time because it reduced the voltage too much. I sent it back and used a straight Nikon hot shoe to pc sync adapter that work without a problem.

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I wasn't aware that my old film camera flash could fry my digital. Fortunately, I found out in time. This thing is easy to use, plus, it adds a pc port to my Rebel, which it didn't have.

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I bought this intending to use my trusty Vivitar 283 with my Pentax k100d. I especially wanted to be able to use the pc socket for off-camera use. The unit was absolute junk. The front panel containing the pc socket was TAPED (!!) on and pulled away when I tried to disconnect the pc cord. The flash only fired sporadically with the pc cord (I'm guessing loose wiring) even before the front pulled off. Tight and difficult to remove from the camera's hot shoe. The pc socket faces forward when most people will probably be using it off to the left. The hot shoe connection looks flimsy. A large flash will feel too tall and ungainly if used on-camera. Even if it worked, it's hard to believe it could be worth [$], let alone [$] or[$] in local shops. I hate to see my Vivitar go obsolete, but the $$ is much better invested in a new flash. Don't be a cheapskate and throw out money on this.

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The first flash adapter was faulty and was returned. I received a replacaement within a week and it functioned very well.

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It works fine, but seems to have a thin metal bracket for supporting a flash. The upper electrical contact is a pc board, so it doesn't look like it would last for frequent installing & removing of the flash. Should be fine for occasional use.

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The SB 25 is an old powerful Flash with unknown shoe voltage,therfore I didnot want to risk damaging my D80. I am glad Wein first warned us of the danger and did something about it!Thank them for me!!!

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Good quality. Used approx 15 times since received. Makes flash higher on camera and reduced red eye.

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Having invested thousands of dollars on digital cameras I don't want to leave it to luck and hope that any cheap sync shoe adapter is going to protect my camera from potential damage from a voltage overload when using various studio strobe setups. I prefer to be on the safe side and not worry about burning out a circuit board on my digital camera.

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The unit is ruggedly designed and seems to work well. The only nit I have is that its a little loose in the shoe on my Canon EOS 20d. I'm glad I bought it and I feel safer using it with my old Sunpak and Vivitar flash units.

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I got this so I could use my Graflex Stroboflash with my Nikon D80 and it works great. This Wein adapter provides consistent contact, protects my Nikon digital camera from the excessive flash trigger voltage of the Stroboflash and is lightweight, strongly made and easily portable.