Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/21

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Subject: [Leica] Vivitar 283 Flash Unit
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon Nov 21 05:41:17 2005
References: <1132553213.438163fe01999@discus.singnet.com.sg>
 
http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html

Be very, very careful. Older 283s will have a sync voltage in the  
hundreds of volts. I have heard that the last ones produced had low  
sync voltages.

It is simple to check if you have a digital voltmeter. Turn the flash  
on and wait about two minutes after the flash ready light has lit.  
Then simply connect the voltmeter across the two flash foot contacts.

John Collier

On 20-Nov-05, at 11:06 PM, joelct wrote:

> I would appreciate advice if anyone has used this on their Canon 20D
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