Mamiya RB67 & Flash

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone out there has experience of using a
Mamiya RB67 with a Bowens Esprit 500 set up i.e. is it ok/safe to use the
synch from the Mamiya lens to one of the Bowens units? If so I take it that
the flash type should be set to "X" on the lens?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

"Alan D Bell" wrote in message
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Hi there, I was wondering if anyone out there has experience of using a
Mamiya RB67 with a Bowens Esprit 500 set up i.e. is it ok/safe to use the
synch from the Mamiya lens to one of the Bowens units? If so I take it
that
the flash type should be set to "X" on the lens?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Yes it is safe/ok to use the snc socket on the lens also set to X, you
should also use 1/60 sec speed because of the long flash duration of studio
lights

jean

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:55:44 GMT, Jean wrote:


"Alan D Bell" wrote in message
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Hi there, I was wondering if anyone out there has experience of using a
Mamiya RB67 with a Bowens Esprit 500 set up i.e. is it ok/safe to use the
synch from the Mamiya lens to one of the Bowens units? If so I take it
that
the flash type should be set to "X" on the lens?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Yes it is safe/ok to use the snc socket on the lens also set to X, you
should also use 1/60 sec speed because of the long flash duration of studio
lights

The Esprit 500 has a flash duration of 1/700th on full power (shorter if
lower power settings are used), so slightly faster shutter speeds should be
perfectly safe. I use Esprit II 500 units with the RZ at 1/125th and even
1/250th without trouble.

yeah, RB's are old fashioned mechanical devices so you don't have to worry
about the trigger voltage, those high voltage flash were made back when
cameras were all chunks of brass and steel and not silicon chips and carbon
fiber.

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone out there has experience of using a
Mamiya RB67 with a Bowens Esprit 500 set up i.e. is it ok/safe to use the
synch from the Mamiya lens to one of the Bowens units? If so I take it
that
the flash type should be set to "X" on the lens?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated, just wanted to be absolutely
certain first.

Alan