Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wireless flash trigger. Phil On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:08:46 -0700 (GMT-07:00) red735i at earthlink.net wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information