----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin"
Subject: Re: Safe voltages for the *stDS flash hotshoe?
That could be, but it's not what Pentax USA technical support told me back in late '98 when the problem happened. One of them had a trigger voltage around 650V and the other was about 620V.
My thought is that if the trigger voltage is too high, they circuitry will get fried. OTOH, I am a simple hack photographer, not an engineer. A trigger voltage that high is insane, BTW. I think a standard flash tube lights up at around 480v.
William Robb
