No doubt one of the "H" type sync cords.

"This camera has experienced an electrical surge when my intern plugged the sync cord into an electrical outlet"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-D2x-Camera_W0QQitemZ160300695991QQihZ006QQcategoryZ31388QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Oh dear lord. That's one of the reasons I didn't mind leaving Dynalite packs behind - I was just waiting for someone to do that with my gear.

Haha. That'll teach him to use a safesync next time.

That's why I charge the big bucks to assist! I know not to do stupid things... right Simon? Ha ha.

That has to suck... :/

Pocket wizards... That way you only loose about $200..

Next time just make sure the intern is holding the camera when plugging in the sync cord into the wall. It won't save the camera but will solve the assistant problem without facing a manslaughter rap..

It amazes me that despite all the advances cameras retain such lame relics from the 1930s as the hot shoe and the PC connector.

The argument of course is backwards compatibility but in the case of the PC cord all that would be needed is an adapter.

With respect to the hot shoe the change to digital changed TTL metering from real-time off the film to advance of exposure off the viewfinder. It meant that older flashes for film cameras, like the Canon EZ series wouldn't work with digital. It would have been a good opportunity for Canon and Nikon to adopt a better design as Minolta had done. But it was an opportunity missed because the earliest digital bodies where Canon and Nikon film cameras modified and sold by Kodak.

At the very least, the assistant should be tared and feathered. I would certainly be tempted to hand him an invoice for repair or replacement. My comment would be, "I hope that you can file a claim on your business insurance to fix my camera". How about your own insurance or will that only cover rental gear and reshoots?

lol.

I get paid close to nothing for assisting, retouching and interning at the moment. Im kinda glad that there are retards out there that do things like this; puts me higher up in the chain of command and makes me a higher asset

I have all the HH connectors in my kit flagged with red tape and SYNC ONLY labels.

<Chas>

tcphoto wrote:
At the very least, the assistant should be tared and feathered. I would certainly be tempted to hand him an invoice for repair or replacement. My comment would be, "I hope that you can file a claim on your business insurance to fix my camera". How about your own insurance or will that only cover rental gear and reshoots?


Reading the comments in his auction, he claimed it and is shooting with a D3.

For someone who never messed with these cords could someone post a picture of what they are? (Just incase I would ever run across them so I dont do the same thing )

Chrono1081 wrote:
For someone who never messed with these cords could someone post a picture of what they are? (Just incase I would ever run across them so I dont do the same thing )

The male part is the exactly same plug for normal 120 volt
electricity around the house or office.

Looks like this
http://www.paramountcords.com/proddetail.asp?prod=2-10S&cat=28

it's the AC-plug looking thing ;-)

<Chas>

, thanks, I was having a bad night, and this made me smile.

Sorry bout your luck, hope you claimed it and everything's peachy.

I remember, back in the day, (as they say) the one advantage of the H connector was being able to use standard electrical extension cords to extend a sync cable from camera to far off power pack.

That also had the potential to add to confusion about which was sync and which was electric.

Always pays to have a smart assistant.

dmward wrote:
I remember, back in the day, (as they say) the one advantage of the H connector was being able to use standard electrical extension cords to extend a sync cable from camera to far off power pack.

That also had the potential to add to confusion about which was sync and which was electric.

Always pays to have a smart assistant.

Reminds me when I use to assist another fellow. He uses HH sync cords and often we used normal extension cords to reach. Two sets. One set black, was only used for sync. One set orange only used for power.

This reminded me of a situation when a friend of mine miswired the pair of $3000 Dali speakers in a shop where he worked...hehe

If I assist you, I promise not to plug the sync cord into an outlet. Everybody knows that the sync cord is supposed to get plugged into the toaster oven!