Whenever the question of high voltage older flashes comes up, I always like
sharing this story:
Once while photographing my high school bonfire in the rain with an SPII and
Vivitar 2500 Thyristor flash, I got halfway through the roll, a little
soggy, and suddenly I got a nasty jolt of electricity when I snapped the
shutter - strong enough to make me drop the camera. Later I measured the
trigger voltage on the flash at 40V. Ouch!
Cheers,
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: RE: Vivitar Flashes
> Nope, not me. But I know better than to use old flash units with
> modern electronic cameras without either testing them or using a
> Wein flash isolator. There are some monolights that will do a
> job on your electronic cameras too. If you think it's just an
> urban legend, and you've never measured the trigger voltage on
> an old electronic flash unit, you could be in for an unpleasant
> surprise in the future.
>
> Len
> ---
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Lewis, Gerald
> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 3:02 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Vivitar Flashes
> >
> >
> > I know that this was written up in Pop Photo a
> > coupole of years ago, but has
> > anyone ever really had their IC fried using an older
> > strobe? Is the any
> > VERIFIABLE instance of this happening? Last I read
> > about it was that it was
> > an urban legend, The phenomenon is real, but that the
> > supposed effect has
> > never been seen and that it is just the paranoid who
> > are afraid of it.
> >
> > Jerry in Houston
>
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