A few months ago I broke the foot off a Sunpack MZ440AF flash. I sent it
back for a repair, paid the $40 repair estimate, and in return Sunpack sent
a brand new flash. I popped in some rechargeable alkaline batteries. The
flash worked OK but would take forever to recharge, and seemed to have
little staying power when being used as fill (i.e. - it would run down
where the old flash would just keep popping along.) I tried several
different sets of the rechargeable alkalines, most right out of the
charger, and had the same experience.
Last week I put in some regular alkalines and the flash charged up nice and
quickly.
I figured that my rechargeables were going bad. But, I wound up leaving
the flash on, and the next day the regular batteries were dead. I switched
back to the rechargeables - and the flash still is charging up quickly. I
just pulled it out again, after it has sat empty for several days, and it
still is charging quickly.
So -- if there something about priming a flash with optimum batteries when
its brand new? (I'm sure my rechargeables are not as good as fresh single
use batteries).
And just as an ancillary note - Sunpack has apparently changed the design
of this flash. For some reason, it will not work with the Canon extension
cord that I had used with the one it replaced. It does not seem to be a
digital design because it still works with my LX, but something must be
different (the Canon cord still works with the AF220T, so the cord is not
broken.)
- MCC
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Mark Cassino
Kalamazoo, MI
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