Flash photography with the Pentacon Six
Using the delayed action
Using the delayed action lever with flash does not work. For the flash to fire, the shutter release button must be held down to complete the circuit. The delayed action lever does not do this on either the Pentacon Six or the Exakta 66, so the flash will not fire.
If you want to include yourself in a flash photograph, use a long pneumatic
cable release, or one of these lovely old-fashioned clockwork releases:
[C312-36A: The German-made Auto-Knips.]
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