flash for fed 5c

[dougal84]

I have just purchased a fed 5c and would like to fit a flashgun the fed 5c is fitted with a hot shoe but there is no cable connection and as the camera is totaly mechanical can anyone explain how the flash is fired it may seem a silly question but I would have thought there would have to be some kind of electrical current to the contact on the hot shoe but from where
thanks in advance
Doug

 

[optikhit]

Fed5 series have their own hot shoe for flash, so that means no need extra cable and plugin to fire the lamp. If you have a flash lamp at hand, you will understand it immediately.

 

[Nickfed]

Any simple "thyristor automatic" hot shoe flash will work. There is nothing exclusive about the hotshoe and the only thing in the FED is a switch that fires the flash at the appropriate moment. You may also get a hotshoe>pc cable adapter that goes into the shoe and enables you to use a cable flash. Indeed, I submit that this is a preferred option.