Re: Query re Flashguns in the UK

"Tony Polson" <docnews2011@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote:
>
> >Tony Polson wrote:
> >> "Woody" <woody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Er, I have a Sunpak that is dedicated to my Nikon D70s - and it
works
> >>> perfectly well.
> >>
> >>
> >> I found one in a Google search.  So yes, they exist.  But they are
> >> very difficult to find in the UK.
> >>
> >>
> >>> The OP should take care as most dSLRs will only handle 6V or so on
> >>> the hot shoe contact whereas most flashguns not specifically
> >>> designed to work with a dSLR can have in excess of 200V on its hot
> >>> shoe.
> >>
> >>
> >> Old wives' tales, I'm sorry to say.  It is many years since any newly
> >> manufactured flashgun had a trigger voltage greater than 6V.  At
least
> >> 20 years, I should think.
> >
> >Yes but The Vivitar 283 and 285 date back to the 70's Some batches
where
> >over 600 v
>
>
> The OP is talking about buying new, not buying a 30 year old used
> model.  And in any case, the trigger voltage of the 283 and 285 was
> lowered to 6V many years ago - at least 20 years ago.  If I was to
> guess a year it would be 1979 or 1980.
>
> So as I said, these are old wives' tales.

I still have a Vivitar 283 which I bought in the 1990s and have measured
the
voltage at 8.5V which drops momentarily when the flash is triggered.  I've
been using it with digital SLRs for 4 years without problems.

Roger