PC Connector

PC in "Hot Shoe/Flash" context stands for Prontor-Compur and is a standard (ISO 519) for connecting shutters to external flash devices. It is around for more than 70 years (1951).
It is a one-way connector and offers no power control.

See [[wp>Prontor-Compur |Wikipedia: Prontor-Compur]]

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