Electro 35 CC - How do I do to use the CC in manual?

[merlot22]

HI!
I am new member on this forum and have just become owner to a wonderful Yashica 35 CC on auction trade. I have also been using the Yashica GT a few years ago for a short while. A wonderful rangefinder to.

I have a problem. How do I do to use the CC in manual?
I want to use my Minolta autometer in tricky situations, and use the flash sync 1/30 on the CC and choose f.stops. But since there are no control button for flash sync on camera how to do to activate it? I dont want to have a flashgun in the socket. Has someone done this practical and can give me advice,,,

Sincerely
Merlot

 

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The flash sync speed of 1/30 is set when a flash PC cord is plugged in to the flash socket on the camera.

I suppose it would be possible to connect just a flash plug only into the flash socket to trick the camera into selecting 1/30 - I have never done this but it sounds possible. Has anyone tried this before?



Peter

 

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The flash sync speed of 1/30 is set when a flash PC cord is plugged in to the flash socket on the camera.

I suppose it would be possible to connect just a flash plug only into the flash socket to trick the camera into selecting 1/30 - I have never done this but it sounds possible. Has anyone tried this before?



Peter

Yes. I do this. Just clipped the end off a PC cord from an extraneous piece of equip, and I keep it shoved in the lower 1/2 of the neverready case, always with the camera. Works a charm. In fact, its a manual camera when you do this, caveat being your shutter speed is 1/30, which is fine. I do this in low light situations when I don't want the shutter speed to get below 1/30 because I'm shooting tri-x at 1600 or something...

 

[jan normandale]

Yes. I do this. Just clipped the end off a PC cord from an extraneous piece of equip, and I keep it shoved in the lower 1/2 of the neverready case, always with the camera. Works a charm. In fact, its a manual camera when you do this, caveat being your shutter speed is 1/30, which is fine. I do this in low light situations when I don't want the shutter speed to get below 1/30 because I'm shooting tri-x at 1600 or something...

Interesting trick, I may try it sometime

 

[NickTrop]

Interesting trick, I may try it sometime

Yeah - it is, actually. The CC, as you know, only lets you shoot at 1/30 with a flash activated by inserting the PC thingie. Clip a connector off something you don't use, and voila the CC becomes a "manual" camera with a fixed 1/30th shutter speed.

Why use this?

You're shooting people in low light, and don't want to go below 1/30th to prevent too much motion blur. Shoot wide open or at 2.8. Comes up more than you'd think. Or, you've got 1600 speed film in the camera, and are metering manually (again in ambient light), the CC's internal meter only goes up to 500 ASA. Shutter speed is fixed but it's really not a big deal. Works as a manual.