Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My new minolta 9 works just fine with my old Elinchrom 11s. Dan C. At 12:17 PM 25-07-99 EDT, you wrote: >Hi Walt, > >I agree that the plastic junk won't work with Speedotrons. But how does this >explain the R8's, F5's and EOS 1n's? I use Speedos and to my dismay, fried >the circuit to my R8 twice, the second time after buying a voltage filter. >The second time I fried the circuit because I plugged the PC into the camera >with the flash power on. I find it inexcusable that "pro" cameras can't be >used on a Speedotron. Why can't the manufactures build a camera to tolerate >higher line voltages or build the line filter into the circuitry? The >solution for me was to dump the R8 and go back to the R7. > >Bill Rosauer > >