 Michael Blankschen |
electronic strobes I own a couple of digital bodies and am confused as to concerns raised about using electronic strobes and the dangers with digital cameras around feedback from the electrical charge of the strobe. Any help in clarifying appreciated
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Doug Elliott |
Michael, I understand your concerns. Before I bought my digital camera I talked with instructors at our top notch Community College, friends of mine. I also talked to tech reps from Fuji, and three of the sales people from our local camera in Austin. The conclusion I came up with was that non-icon brand flashes (icon flash=canon flashes for canon cameras) will work fine on your choice of digital camera. Just make certain that you have your camera off and your flash off when you are mounting and dismounting them from the camera. The only area I really worried about was connecting to a power pack. The provide a good charge to set off the three or four heads that are connected to the pack. Therefore, I use a set of “pocket wizards” when I work in a studio to sync my camera with my camera. I use a Sunpak 120, and a 622 Pro for my on camera flash. I have not had any problems in the two years. Hope this info helps. Good Shooting Doug
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Doug Elliott |
Michael, I understand your concerns. Before I bought my digital camera I talked with instructors at our top notch Community College, friends of mine. I also talked to tech reps from Fuji, and three of the sales people from our local camera in Austin. The conclusion I came up with was that non-icon brand flashes (icon flash=canon flashes for canon cameras) will work fine on your choice of digital camera. Just make certain that you have your camera off and your flash off when you are mounting and dismounting them from the camera. The only area I really worried about was connecting to a power pack. The provide a good charge to set off the three or four heads that are connected to the pack. Therefore, I use a set of “pocket wizards” when I work in a studio to sync my camera with my camera. I use a Sunpak 120, and a 622 Pro for my on camera flash. I have not had any problems in the two years. Hope this info helps. Good Shooting Doug
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Michael Blankschen |
Doug Thanks for the response. I'm primarily concerned about power packs, and was thinking of using a flash/slave trigger (small flash on camera pointed up, triggering the slaves), but was also thinking of the wizzards. Michael
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David King |
The big issue is trigger voltage. modern electronic cameras, including digital ones, normally are designed around 6 or 12 volt circuits. Canon is very clear not to use strobes with a trigger voltage over 6 volts. Nikon asserts their cameras can hold a lot more but I'm not ready to use my Nikons as tests for the theory. I use a Wein (tm) "Safe Synch" PC adapter that brings the trigger voltage of the strobe or powerpack back down to 6 volts. It is cheap insurance. David
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