Hi Fritz No I meant "Modern pentax flashes could damage older pentax bodies". Thats the info pentax gave me and I think I've seen it around the internet also. Your statement makes most sense to me and I get confused when others states the opposite. Even if I don't use this flash on the *istD and instead buy a new one, I'm curious how it works.
/Peter --- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you mean: " older flashes can damage modern > Pentax cameras". > The old trigger voltages were no problem in the past > as cameras of that > era, like the MX, have a mechanical contact. > With the modern cameras, electronics are used in > just about any area of > the camera, including the flash circuitry. I would > not even want to try > using a flash which has more then 5V trigger voltage > on any modern > camera, Pentax or not. Don't try it I would say. > > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 13:43, Peter Hillerstrom > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have an older flash for my praktica camera which > I > > wondering if it'll work on my *istD. It's an > Starblitz > > 2500 BTZ. It has only the center connector in the > > hotshoe and work as an auto-flash (light sensor on > > flash). I'm worried if the flashvoltage could > damage > > the *istD. I've read on the net that newer pentax > > cameras can handle up to 600 Volt. Is this true > for > > the *istD. And what about the other smaller > connectors > > for data in the hotshoe, they may get in contact > with > > the center pin. I measured the voltage on the > > centerpin on the flash to about 60Volt when the > flash > > is charged. I talked to Pentax about it and their > > answer was that I only should use Pentax flashes > (of > > course) and that modern pentax flashes could > damage > > older pentax bodies. I've searched the net for > info on > > this subject without much luck. > > > > /Peter > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > -- > Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
