General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRACKET IS METAL (ALUMINUM ALLOY?)/ STEEL PIN/ PLASTIC KNOB/ RUBBER PAD (WHERE THE CAMERA SITS)/ HOT SHOE GRIP IS PLASTIC WITHMETAL HOT SHOE CONNECTORS/ THE CLAMP IS PLASTIC AND METAL.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.0 cm

Width

5.0 cm

Height

16.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Pentax

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

Period

1980s

Canada

Unknown

Function

HOUSING & HANDLE FOR FLASH UNIT & CAMERA

Technical

TTL MEASUREMENT OF AMBIENT AND ELECTRONIC FLASH LIGHTINGDIRECTLY OFF FILM PLANE, PROVIDING AUTO FLASH SYNC AT 'X' (PENTAX LX INFO SHEETS, P.3)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON THE RUBBER BASE OF THE BRACKET IN RAISED LETTERS IT STATES: 'PENTAX ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN'/ ON THE HOT SHOE GRIP HEAD IN RAISED LETTERS IS: 'PENTAX'/ ABOVE THE RED SYNC SWITCH IN GREEN IT STATES 'AUTO SYNC. SET'/ BELOW THE SYNC SWITCH IN ORANGE IT STATES 'SLOW SPEED SYNC'/ THE SCREW CAP ON BASE HAS IN RAISED LETTERING: 'ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

BRACKET IS ALL BLACK EXCEPT FOR SILVER COLOURED STEEL PIN& THE KNOB THREAD WHICH IS CHROMED/ HOT SHOE GRIP IS BLACK APART FROM A RED (PLASTIC) SYNC BUTTON WITH GREEN & ORANGE LETTERING, SILVER (NATURAL METAL) COLOURED HOT SHOE MOUNT & A CHROMED THREADED INDENT ON THE BASE/ THE CLAMP IS BLACK & CHROME/ HOT SHOE GRIP HAS A RIBBED PATTERN ON THE HANDLE/ THE SCREW ON LID ON THE BASE HAS A CRENATEDPATTERN AROUND ITS EDGE.

Decoration

N/A