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SuzanneR

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I can't remember the exact acronym, but I think two companies got together to standardize the connection (decades ago), and the the P stood for one company, who's name I forget, and the same with the C.

Maybe some else will know the whole story.
 

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Always carry three cables!

Some old large format shutters have a bipole sync connection, which is just two posts on the side of the shutter, and if you have a flash (like Norman) that uses an H-type (household) sync, you can use an electric shaver cord as a sync cable. While I'm sure there have been a few strobes, and perhaps a few photographers, blown up by H-sync cables being plugged into household electric sockets, wouldn't it be great if you could just go into any hardware store and get a sync cable? Maybe that's why Weegee always looked so rumpled and unshaven.
 

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gr82bart said:
Someone asked me about the sync plug on my Hassey. I know that everyone calls in a PC terminal or a PC plug, etc... What does the acronym "PC" mean?

Art.

I think it's redneck for "Plug it Chere" :D
 
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The way I heard it, it stands for "patch cord", although this does not diminish anyone's right to make up a more interesting explanation!

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No, no. It's gotta be "polarity correctness". :wink:
 
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