Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Significantly cheaper to replace when you blow it up than an M8.... I heartily concur.... Frank -----Original Message----- >From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> >Sent: Jul 23, 2010 10:13 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Flashbulbs + M8 > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information