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Konica TC reflex not just has a very good looking PC SYNC but also the hot shoe. So, due to the reason, I decided to include the hot shoe along with the PC SYNC. |
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Therefore, I used a Dremel Cut-off disc that was attached to a Dremel and setup on a Dremel 231 Shaper Router Table to cut out the Flash Hot Shoe sited on the top of the prism housing of the Konica TC. Picture on the left shows the disc had actually done a good cut to the plastic housing. |
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Then, it is time to take apart the base of the flash. Most flash bases were attached to their housing by 2 to 4 screws so this one should not be hard to remove. 2 wires usually would connect the main body of the flash to the base. After identified that the Green wire was connecting to the center pin and Black wire connecting to the side, I carefully removed the wires from the body.
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The next thing to remove from the camera was the PC SYNC. There was a blue wire soldered to the center pin and it would be connected to the Green wire that linked the center pin of the base later. The PC SYNC on the Konica TC was quite easy to be unscrewed from the body. |
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Back to the Hot Shoe that I cut out from the camera prism housing. I first used a Sharpie Fine Point Marker to outline the profile on one of the expired Target Credit Card (I am sure you will have many of these tossing around) so that I could use the cutout to cover the opening of the housing on the other side. As many of you may have known that credit card is made by Polystyrene (ABS) plastic that is similar to Acrylic. They can be bonded quickly and securely by Acrylic Cement. The Acrylic Cement I used here was made by IPS Corporation and the actual part name is WELD.ON #16. |
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The other good reason to use a credit card was because Polystyrene card in this thickness was so easy to cut. You will just need to inscribe a few marks on the surface and the piece can be snapped out by a few twists just like the left picture. |
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Now the cutout piece was already glued to the base with an opening at the center to let out the two wires attaching to the base. |
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I also had drilled a hole at the front center in order to retain the PC Sync later. Please make sure that the hole you make will not be too big in the beginning. It should be tight fit when you insert the PC SYNC. I am sure you have already spotted that I had soldered a second wire on the outside cylinder that wrap around the center pin of the PC Sync. This red wire was mended to connect with the black wire on the base later. Please pardon me that I know an electrician will think that this is a bad idea to connect Red and Black wire together but I was just reusing the longest wire that I could remove from the camera. Anyway, please keep in mind that the center pin should connect to the center pin and side to that side. |
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With Center pin connects to the center pin and side to the side in mind. The other side of the hot shoe may look confusing but if you look at them close enough; I actually soldered the blue wire to the metal piece that attached to the center connector on the hot shoe side with a black screw in the middle. The Red wire, however was soldered to the metal piece that joining the two side brackets on the hot shoe side. |
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Finally, I soldered the Green wire to the Blue wire which then would connect all the three center pins (Pin on the base, pin at the center of the hot shoe and pin in the middle of PC SYNC socket) and the Black wire would link all others. |
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The last thing I did was to glue 2 portions together and that it's. I can now enjoy using my studio strobe with my Olympus E-500 as well!! |
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One
thing you must be aware that since I had used a thin credit card to
joint the two portions together,so I doubt it would hold a big and
heavy flash without tearing the 2 portions apart. I would rather urge
you to use an Acrylic that is at least 1/8” think or 3.2mm approximately
if you will attach a heavy flash on top. |
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| Now...
you have finished reading my steps. I know you can do a better job
than I am. So, if you come out with a better and more creative way
of doing the PC SYNC and you want to share it with others, you are
most welcome to send me a picture of your work and I will be glad
to post the picture with a link to your blog, website or what ever that seems appropriate. Thank you so much for
visiting the page and would like to hear from you soon. |
