Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, This site lists the voltage output of many of the vintage flashes. I'm sure the M8 manual tells you what the acceptable range is, so just make sure your flash - if it's listed here, or maybe google for its manual if it's not - doesn't exceed that limit. Jeff M http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wade Heninger" <heninger@adobe.com> To: "LUG Leica" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: [Leica] M8 & Flash Question >I have an old Quantaray QAF 6600 flash that I got for my Nikon 990 6 or so > years ago. > > It was a gift from my parents and I've never used it much. I tried it > once > on my D70 and nothing, but today I stuck it on a new D40 and it worked > fine. > > Any chance this will work, in a pinch, on my M8? Should I fear it frying > something? > > I've been an available light shooter for most of my life, and mostly hated > flash, but every once in a while it would be nice to have a little extra.