Is there some adaptor for a standard camera flash trigger (PC cord)?
Not that I know of. I have the small Sony video flash, and also a variety of photographic flash and strobe units used with my 35mm camera. You can use the small Sony video flash to trigger a larger flash or strobe using an inexpensive photo slave device. (A “photo slave” is a small box, about $25, with a photosensor and a PC cord jack: it sees the small flash and closes the contact on the PC connector to trigger your large one. There is a delay between the trigger and main flash, but it’s small; in my case I measured the delay between flashes to be 850 microseconds). I’ve used this setup to check lighting ratios in a 3-point strobe lighting setup, and it worked pretty well. In this way I am using the TRV900 to replace a polaroid camera which you’d normally use to do the same thing. The ‘900 does lack the dynamic range and resolution of film, but of course it’s instant results, plus zero incremental cost per shot. You can adjust the camera’s exposure by changing the f/stop, and with an
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