VIVITAR 285HV - & K10D

[Cory Papenfuss]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> I wouldn't worry about anything under 10V. My Sunpak 383 tests out
> virtually identically to what you're seeing with the 285HV and I've
> been using it on the DS for two years, on the K10D for six months. No
> problems at all.
>
> What you're really looking to see is that it's not 200V... :-)
>
> G
>
 	When I talked with a Pentax rep, he had to get ahold of an 
engineer to figure out the voltage they were good for.  He said that in my 
-DS, it used a 370V-rated device IIRC.  I've used my Vivitar 2800 (approx 
280V trigger voltage) many times on my -DS without incident.  Designing a 
flash foot that won't take over 10V is evil (read: Canon).

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA                                       *
* Electrical Engineering                                                *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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