[Leica] Re: M Studio Use

[jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

http://tinyurl.com/6a3x2



John Collier wrote:

> Some older flashes and studio flashes have very high sync voltages --  
> sometimes 300+ volts. This can be more than a bit much for the  
> microprocessor triggering the flash in the M6TTL and the M7 (and other  
> cameras as well). It can easily fry the camera's electronics. It is  
> simple to use a voltmeter to check the voltage across a fully charged  
> flash.
> 
> Safe syncs go between the flash and the camera to reduce the sync  
> voltage to a more manageable value.
> 
> Here are the safe syncs that B&H offers:
> 
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? 
> ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=s 
> afe+sync&image.x=7&image.y=7
> 
> John Collier