Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks a lot for that info, it helps explain things. I wonder however why they worked literally for decades with Nikons then Canons, but not my R8. I presume it's to protect the electronics in the R8. I guess it's worth it, kinda, in a sad way. Dave Yoder "Robert G. Stevens" wrote: > Dave: > > I use a Norman studio flash setup and it would not work on the R8 unless I > used an adapter to drop the voltage down to something the R8 could handle. > I took a multimeter across the sync cord and I think it was over 90 volts, > which is way over the 24v max of most modern cameras. I think my R8 also > worked once or twice before it would work only with the adapter to drop the > voltage. > > Regards, > > Robert > > At 10:58 PM 8/3/99 -0700, you wrote: > >I got a call from Leica today saying they couldn't duplicate the failure of > >the sync plug on my R8. I'd tried it with three different cords and two > >different Norman packs. The fellow said it might be because the packs were > >using a trigger voltage that was too high or something like that. > > > >Anyone else have similar problems? Seems kinda strange that all the other > >cameras will work on those packs, and that the first time right out of the > box > >the camera's sync worked but then didn't a couple weeks later. Odd. > > > >Dave Yoder > > > >