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Subject: [Leica] Flashbulbs + M8
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:07:00 -0400
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I've been thinking just that. That the M8 is tolerant of milliamperes,
not even close to 1 amp.
I guess I'll just keep synching it with a pocket wizard just to be
really safe.

Phil Forrest


On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:57:32 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
red735i at earthlink.net wrote:

> You probably would fry the M8 circuitry, which is not built for high
> currrents...like a few hundred MA.....
> 
> Modern IC Electronic circuiitry does not like high currrents.. nor
> high voltages.. nor capacitors with voltages on them.....all of which
> are possibilities with your flash bulbs....
> 
> And Leica will have no idea....
> 
> Measuring the peak current and voltage of a flashbulb during the
> flash may not be so easy to meassure without the right
> equipment....and you could be fooled easily into thinking it is safe
> for an M8...
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
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