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
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
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
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
You might want to look into a Wein Safe Sync
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/245292-REG/Wein_W990560_Safe_Sync_Hot_Shoe_to.html
It seems a bit pricy, but a lot less expensive than repairing or
replacing your DSLR after frying the electronics.
On 9/12/2013 3:25 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
My
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
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