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Your flash can damage your camera!
When I found out that some flash units use very high trigger voltages,
several hundred volts in some cases, I was very displeased. Not that this presents any problem for me right now but it might in the future. I purchased my camera and flash in 1978 and both look and work like new. But if I buy a new camera body I might not be able to use my flash with it. The reason for this is that many newer camera bodies have flash trigger circuits that can tolerate no more than a few volts without burning out. Six volts seems to be the maximum average flash trigger voltage that most current camera bodies can tolerate. You can blame either the flash manufacturers or the camera body manufacturers for this sorry state of affairs, flip a coin and make your choice but in either case you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. If you don't find your flash's trigger voltage listed then look he http://www.botzilla.com/photo/g1strobe.html for an explanation of how to measure it yourself. If you are using (or want to use) any flash that has not been recommended by the camera body manufacturer as compatible then you should contact them and confirm that the flash you're using (or want to use) will not damage your camera. They should be able to tell you the maximum flash trigger voltage your camera can tolerate. |
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Advertising his web site under the guise of posting a helpful article.
you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. |
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Advertising his web site under the guise of posting a helpful article.
you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. |
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
k.net... Advertising his web site under the guise of posting a helpful article. you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. Would you rather I steal the information and post it in my message? Did you visit the page? The title of the page is "Photo Strobe Trigger Voltages". You can read can't you? You have to scroll down quite a way to see it. You can scroll can't you? |
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
k.net... Advertising his web site under the guise of posting a helpful article. you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. Would you rather I steal the information and post it in my message? Did you visit the page? The title of the page is "Photo Strobe Trigger Voltages". You can read can't you? You have to scroll down quite a way to see it. You can scroll can't you? |
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me wrote:
You can blame either the flash manufacturers or the camera body manufacturers for this sorry state of affairs, flip a coin and make your choice but in either case you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. Thanks for posting that. I had lost the link. Further, I added three new data points to the list. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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me wrote:
You can blame either the flash manufacturers or the camera body manufacturers for this sorry state of affairs, flip a coin and make your choice but in either case you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. Thanks for posting that. I had lost the link. Further, I added three new data points to the list. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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"me" wrote in message
... When I found out that some flash units use very high trigger voltages, several hundred volts in some cases, I was very displeased. Not that this presents any problem for me right now but it might in the future. I purchased my camera and flash in 1978 and both look and work like new. But if I buy a new camera body I might not be able to use my flash with it. The reason for this is that many newer camera bodies have flash trigger circuits that can tolerate no more than a few volts without burning out. Six volts seems to be the maximum average flash trigger voltage that most current camera bodies can tolerate. You can blame either the flash manufacturers or the camera body manufacturers for this sorry state of affairs, flip a coin and make your choice but in either case you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. If you don't find your flash's trigger voltage listed then look he http://www.botzilla.com/photo/g1strobe.html for an explanation of how to measure it yourself. If you are using (or want to use) any flash that has not been recommended by the camera body manufacturer as compatible then you should contact them and confirm that the flash you're using (or want to use) will not damage your camera. They should be able to tell you the maximum flash trigger voltage your camera can tolerate. I left out that the trigger voltage of my Sunpak Auto 411 is 192 volts. This could be more than enough to fry the flash trigger circuit of some newer cameras. |
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"me" wrote in message
... When I found out that some flash units use very high trigger voltages, several hundred volts in some cases, I was very displeased. Not that this presents any problem for me right now but it might in the future. I purchased my camera and flash in 1978 and both look and work like new. But if I buy a new camera body I might not be able to use my flash with it. The reason for this is that many newer camera bodies have flash trigger circuits that can tolerate no more than a few volts without burning out. Six volts seems to be the maximum average flash trigger voltage that most current camera bodies can tolerate. You can blame either the flash manufacturers or the camera body manufacturers for this sorry state of affairs, flip a coin and make your choice but in either case you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. If you don't find your flash's trigger voltage listed then look he http://www.botzilla.com/photo/g1strobe.html for an explanation of how to measure it yourself. If you are using (or want to use) any flash that has not been recommended by the camera body manufacturer as compatible then you should contact them and confirm that the flash you're using (or want to use) will not damage your camera. They should be able to tell you the maximum flash trigger voltage your camera can tolerate. I left out that the trigger voltage of my Sunpak Auto 411 is 192 volts. This could be more than enough to fry the flash trigger circuit of some newer cameras. |
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Jeremy wrote:
Advertising his web site under the guise of posting a helpful article. you should visit this site: http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html for a list of flash trigger voltages before you use your flash with a new camera. How exactly is that a troll????? It is useful and I would have posted it myself in another thread! |
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