Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe the advise is to fire the flash 5 times at full power, holding for 30 seconds between flashes (this from the instructions for the 283) so as to form the capacitor so that it will acquire and hold a full charge and operate with the shortest possible recycle time between flashes. Regards, Nigel On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:27:59 -0600 "Greg Bicket" <GBicket@email.msn.com> writes: >Hey LUG, > >I use the the Metz 40 MZ-3 electronic flash on my R8 [to keep things >on >topic], but not very often. In the cobwebby corners of my memory, I >seem to >recall the admonition of a strobe manufacturer about keeping >electronic >flashes healthy. Was it with Vivitar's 283? Anyway, there was a >recommendation to occasionally fire the strobe at a white piece of >paper at >close range four or five times in quick succession in order to >exercise the >thyristor, if memory serves. > >Has flash technology marched on, or are there things one should do to >maintain modern electronic flash units in good condition? > >Thanks, and enjoy the light [ambient or filled-in]! > >Greg Bicket > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]