Just thought I'd revive this old thread with a safe and cheap alternative to the pricey Wein Safe Sync: http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-SM-512-Pentax-K100D-Hotshoe/dp/B004G47I7Y/ Read the reviews. Small sample size, but nobody gives it less than 4 stars.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well trigger voltage is somewhere north of 240V, so no, I will > definitely not be attaching this to my hotshoe. I decided that a cheap > trigger is going to be what I will use this with. Flash off the camera > on a tripod is better anyways. Now I just need to rig together a > bracket for my camera. He said it recycles wickedly fast. I personally > love old manual autothyristor flashes and think they are the way to go > for better light control, but that's me. I was asking, because > apparently the PC synch socket can withstand up to 300v, but I think > you all are right that even if that were true, the flash is already > pushing dangerously close to that. I'm pretty sure when caps blow they > can discharge even greater voltages. Yeah, I thought about buying > another AF280T, but at full blast it isn't as powerful as I would like > for some things(though it is servicable), and the 6s recycle time can > be painful. > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The only way I would use older flashes would be attached to a radio >> slave (and I believe that some radio slaves also have trigger voltage >> limits. That being said, if it blows out your cheap Chinese radio >> slave, that is a good indication you don't want it on the hotshoe of >> your DSLR). Since your transmitter would have to go in the hot shoe, >> the old flash and attached radio slave would need to be on some sort >> of handle attachment like this oldie, but goodie. Both of those things >> would probably still cost you more than just finding another AF280T >> for $20 or under: >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=Pentax+AF280T&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I'm guessing that after your lens incident and the old adage about >>> lightning not striking twice ... If there is a sad head-shaking >>> emoticon, imagine it inserted here. >>> >>> The safest thing you could do with that flash would be to give some >>> kid a fiver, hand him the flash and tell him to drop it into a random >>> dumpster and not tell you where. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> My friend that sold me the AF28T Flash that died three weeks later >>>> felt bad and brought me down a Vivitar 272. It takes 2 9v batteries. >>>> =) >>>> >>>> It looks like trigger voltage is somewhere between 150v and 290v >>>> according to various sources. Therefore it is certainly not safe for >>>> the hotshoe. Reading some more, the pc sync port seems capable of >>>> 300v(!). So I'm thinking about pulling the center pin from it and just >>>> using the sync cable. Has anyone used these old flashes with a digital >>>> body? It might be even better to get a bracket for it and use the sync >>>> cable, hammer flash style. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
