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francesco casalino

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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 08:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sometimes it fires, sometime it doesn't...
but it always fire by pressing the test button.
What could it be? the synchro cable? the synchro plug on the flash side?
Any idea?
thanks
francesco
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Austin

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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Can it be that your camera`s shutter is not working every time?
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rick

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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 06:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I'd look at the cable.
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Glenn Middleton

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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 06:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Micro-Tools do a very useful little tool that trues up and sizes PC plugs and sockets. Works on even those really sloppy ones.
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seanmckinney

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Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 04:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

If you can dismantle the flash's hotshoe, check for dirty, corroded or oxidised contacts inside the flash's hot shoe.
I have had two minolta 132PX's? with these symptoms. Both were fixed by stripping the flash's hot shoe and removing the oxidation I found.

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