Just to add to my last post I did a Google search on "cameras flash polarity" and got quite a few hits siting this problem with some strobes AND a couple mentions of the Wein devices. The solution is the same in all cases, reverse the polarity of the flash cord.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Electronics Experts:*ist DS and Flash: A Desperate cry in > the Wilderness of Ohio > > > OK here's my guess: > 1.) The Novatron requires that the trigger be a certain polarity. > 2.) The DS has a circuit that is the other polarity. > 3.) The KX uses a regular switch contact so polarity is not an issue. > 4.) The 2850 is either correct polarity for the DS, or it doesn't care. > > Solution: Get or make a reverse polarity adapter for the novatron. > this could be just a Male to Female PC cord cut in half and put back > together in such a way as to reverse the leads. > > Some flash makers have reverse polarity adapters, this is > probably why! ;-) > > Don > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:06 PM > > To: P. List > > Subject: Electronics Experts:*ist DS and Flash: A Desperate cry in the > > Wilderness of Ohio > > > > > > Hey, > > > > Well, I took the advice of several on the list and bought a > > Wein adapter in hopes of powering some Novatron Lights. No > > good. > > > > How I tested: > > > > 1. Put flash adapter on hotshoe > > 2. Camera in manual flash mode. > > 2. connect to Novatron lights via pc connector. > > 3. Hit shutter at various settings, including manual, AV, TV, > > nothing from Novatron via pc connector. Shutter speed 1/60 > > s. > > 4. Hit test button on adapter - Novatron lights go off! > > 5. Put Vivitar 2850 on hotshoe of adapter -works fine. > > > > Put Wein adapter on KX. Able to power both Vivitar flash and > > Novatron lights via pc connector. > > > > Read and re-read manual for camera to increase pressure > > behind eyeballs. > > > > Any ideas? Any custom pre-sets or any other settings? I am > > not getting this at all. It seems to me per No. 4 above that > > the camera is communicating through the pc connector, that > > the adapter is mounted properly through No. 5 above, that the > > connector circuitry is correct via my experiences with KX. > > > > What in the world is the deal? > > > > Dave > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
