What is the exact name of this ?

http://cjoint.com/?fovvsaAxg6

Still to be found somewhere outside auction ?

That's an ASA to PC sync cord adapter. The large end fits over the ASA (commonly known as the Kodak, or bayonet) fitting, and the small end provides a female plug for a normal PC male cord fitting.

I've not seen a gizmo like the picture, although it makes a lot of sense. You probably know that you can have Paramount make you up a cable with one of those connectors on each end ( http://www.paramountcords.com ).

These became popular because Kodak's attempt to encourage the industry to come over to its flash connection system failed. Too bad, actually. A cord plugged into one of Kodak's bayonet posts is far less likely to accidentally pull out than a PC cord, but the public didn't go for it.

As Alecj says the ASA (commonly known as the Kodak, or bayonet) is much less likely than the PC to pull off should the sync cord get snagged on something. I learned this the hard way in the early 1950s having to pay a steep repair bill when a snagged cord resulted in the post tearing out of the shutter on my Kodak Pony 135!
I was not happy with the bayonet connection after that and have preferred any connection that will separate without damage in that type of mishap. After all a lost exposure is probably less expensive than a shutter rebuild and certainly less costly than both the lost shot AND the shutter rebuild!

C. Henry

Yep, my Pony 135 has the ASA bayonet, too, and while I never pulled out the post I can agree that it made a real secure connection to the Kodaflash. I still have camera, case, and flash, but the camera shutter is gummed up and I haven't tried the Ronsonol soak on it because I can't figure out how to remove the optics. It looks like it would be a lot of work, and for what? It's a very frustrating little camera to use because the focus is by guesswork, and the viewfinder is so imprecise. But I took a lot of pictures with it! And it still has the little machined aluminum post cap---imagine a manufacturer doing that today---that is missing on most of the examples I see. You can't give away the Pony 135 today, and I won't throw it away, so I guess I'm stuck with it.

Thank you for your replies.

Georges