Slave Flash Trigger with flash-less Rangerfinder?

[Makanator]

I am unsure whether this question is relevant in this age but here goes:

I recently acquired a hand-mounted flash called the Starblitz 18GM and it works like a charm with my Canon 400D.
However, i wanted to use the flash on my film rangefinder (Yashica MG-1) but the rangefinder has no built-in flash.

Is there another alternative to trigger the slave flash? (There is no PC connector on the flash itself)

Thanks.

 

[catchlights]

your Yashica MG-1 has hotshoe, can mount a small flash/ir trigger to trigger remote slave flash, or you can get a something like this to connect the camera to the slave flash via sync cable.

 

[Makanator]

your Yashica MG-1 has hotshoe, can mount a small flash/ir trigger to trigger remote slave flash, or you can get a something like this to connect the camera to the slave flash via sync cable.

I did abit of research on the use of flash/remote/radio trigger but they don't seem to solve the problem.

To better exemplify my issue, here's the only available image of the flash on the internet:

As the slave flash is triggered by the smaller in-built flash, what i am looking for is solutions to trigger the slave flash without the use of another flash while making sure the flash syncs with the camera's shutter speed.

Any other suggestions here?

 

[catchlights]

the only mean to trigger your Starblitz is via another flash, you don't want to attach a flash to your camera.

you can consider these two ways:

#1, open up your Starblitz and connect a wire to the camera hotshoe for trigger your flash.

#2, use 1 sec shutter or bulb mode on your camera, and depress the test button on your flash when you hear the camera shutter open.

hope this help.