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How can I make a TTL cord -> PC cord interface?

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How can I make a TTL cord -> PC cord interface?

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It isn’t really necessary to do this, since you can just put a T-32 on a shoe that has a slave hooked to it, and connect your other flashes to the T-32 using TTL cords to the built in TTL socket on the T-32. However, if you need a cord that is longer than the longest TTL cord, do the following: Take a TTL Cord 0.3M, and a PC cord of whatever length you require, and cut them in half. Strip off some insulation and tin the wires that connect to the ground and flash sync pins of the cord. The pinout of the TTL socket is: Looking into the camera connection (pins, ie. male part of connector) * Ground (camera chassis) > < Flash Sync Contact * * Viewfinder ready light No Connection * * Flash Quench ^ where * are the pins, and <>^ are the alignment keys. Note that this is the socket pinout. The plug pinout is reversed. Now tin the shield and center in the PC cord. You can cut the remaining wires off the TTL cord, since they will not be needed. Now slide some small pieces of heat shrink tubing o

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