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George Lazarette wrote:
First check if you need it.

Put a voltmeter across the flash terminals while the unit is charged.

You won't find many flashguns that have a voltage of more than about 20. And that's fine on a Pentax.

For the price of a Wein you could buy a suitable second-hand flashgun.

G
All good advice but a lot of older flashes have trigger voltages over 100v. I have several that have a trigger voltage of 200v+. Most newer flashes will have a low trigger voltage.

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Flash isolator at 12/01/2009 - 21:51

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Or you can make your own if you are that way inclined.

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These are the basic components required

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& this is one I made earlier, built into a hotshoe adapter.

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I have also built this circuit into an old Vivtar 273 which had a trigger voltage of 327v! It is now safe at 6v. Couple of images here >>>>>>>> link

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Flash isolator at 04/01/2009 - 18:18

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Denture tablets work great, I have used them on a few flash brollys & they come out spotless! Fill your bath with warm water, add a few tablets & watch the grime vanish!. Milton fluid is also very good.

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Lastolite washing instructions at 06/11/2008 - 00:33

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Quote:
At some indefineable point in the past "creepy-crawlies" became known as "mini-beasts" - does anyone know when this strange transformation of language occured?

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At the same time as Uranus had it's pronunciation altered

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Wanted : K10D - Found thanks. at 27/03/2008 - 20:11

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Specs for flash here>>

http://www.tokina.com.hk/spe-3.htm#9

I had one of these a couple of years ago but gave it away. As I remember it works very simply. Set switch on front to Auto then set aperture to match ISO scale on rear ISO 100 - f5.6, 200 - f8, 400 - f11 or set switch to Manual & check scale on rear to select correct aperture ie: at ISO 100 with flash to subject distance of 2 feet set aperture to f8 (this is from memory so check scale on your flash!!)

Hope this helps.

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Starblitz 1000 Macro-Lite at 11/02/2008 - 23:20

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Adobe have online help. Sounds like you need to create link to images from thumbnails & this is explained in the help.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Contribute/4.1/help.html?content=con_intro_in_01.htm...

Comment by b1gdaddy posted on Thumbnail Website Problems at 11/02/2008 - 22:19

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