Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What is a "pocket Wizard"? Frank -----Original Message----- >From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> >Sent: Jul 23, 2010 10:07 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Flashbulbs + M8 > >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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information