Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] Flashbulbs + M8
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:13:41 -0400
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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
> >> 
> >> 
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