PC Terminal/PC socket
Some older flash units may not have a hot shoe onthe flash unit and would need cable connection to fire timely. It is a threaded collar surrounding the center electrical part of the socket.
PC Terminal
For connection to external / studio flash systems, threaded
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PC terminal
For studio work a camera with PC terminal allows you to attach studio flash units. If you do still-life or portraits in the studio you should look for a camera with PC terminal.
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PC terminals/sockets.
Many flash units and most studio flash units support PC connectors, which are simply electrical connectors and wires used to connect cameras and flash units.
PC Terminal Edit
PC terminal (from "Prontor-Compur") is the standard method for connecting a flash head to a camera. When the flash sync is triggered, a signal is sent from the camera along a wire to the flash telling it to fire.
PC Terminal
A PC (Prontor-Compur) terminal located on some camera bodies lets you use cables to connect a flash or strobe. The cable that attaches to the PC terminal is called a sync cord (for synchronization and pronounced "sink") or PC cord.
PC Terminal
No, not "personal computer", this is a type of electrical connector to plug an external flash into a camera.
There is an X-sync PC terminal on the side. X Flash sync goes all the way up to 1/500, twice as fast as a Nikon F5 or Canon EOS 1 V.
Diaphragm is five-bladed without click stops from f/2.8 to f/22.
Often called "PC terminal" or "PC Socket". Most older manual focus SLR camera bodies have this standard PC sockets which have a threaded collar surrounding the center electrical part of the socket.
 See also: Photograph, Exposure, PC, Flash, Camera
  
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