----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: EOS Re: Powering OFF external flash
> At 09:13 PM 6/2/2004 +0200, EOS-Digest wrote: > >That matches what I've been told, since the late '60s > >or early '70s. And what I've always done. In > >addition, if a flash has been stored for a long time, > >I was taught to fire off half a dozen full power > >flashes, allowing full recycle in between each, to > >"re-form" the capacitor. > > I've heard of forming the capacitor but in 30+ years I've never paid > attention to the condition of the flash charge light when I turn the unit > off and I don't think I've ever harmed a unit one way or the other. I've > dropped a few, but that's another story... > > -- - > > regards, > Henry Posner > Director of Corporate Communications > B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. > http://www.bhphotovideo.com > ... guess from now on I'll just turn the thing off and not worry about it! :-) Steve * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
