Flash question
Nov 25, 2011 15:03:48 #
I have a Canon PowerShot S5 IS camera and it has a flash shoe.
In digging through my old stuff I found an old Braun 320BVC battery operated flash unit.
Someone told me that the older flash unit could damage my digital camera. Will it?
I want to use the Braun to "bounce" the flash.
In digging through my old stuff I found an old Braun 320BVC battery operated flash unit.
Someone told me that the older flash unit could damage my digital camera. Will it?
I want to use the Braun to "bounce" the flash.
Nov 25, 2011 17:45:55 #
Yes, it might fry the circuits in the camera.....better to stick with the flash that was made for your particular camera.
Nov 25, 2011 17:59:01 #
photophly wrote:
Yes, it might fry the circuits in the camera.....better to stick with the flash that was made for your particular camera.
Thank You, back in the box it goes!
Nov 26, 2011 05:26:37 #
Nov 26, 2011 07:22:48 #
I would suggest to use the external flash wireless just get the adapter and mount the flash on top should work fine.
Nov 26, 2011 09:53:07 #
santel wrote:
I would suggest to use the external flash wireless just get the adapter and mount the flash on top should work fine.
What kind of adapter would that be? My camera has a hotshoe on the top of the camera. The flash has no wires just a small terminal where it fits into the flash shoe.
Nov 26, 2011 17:25:24 #
You can get a devise called a safe sync. It goes between the hotshoe and the flash and will protect your camera from high sync voltages. You can see one here....
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/245292-REG/Wein_W990560_Safe_Sync_Hot_Shoe_to.html
Or you can use a wireless sync system. My old Vivitar 283 works just fine with my Canon 40D no safe sync or issues due to lack of one.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/245292-REG/Wein_W990560_Safe_Sync_Hot_Shoe_to.html
Or you can use a wireless sync system. My old Vivitar 283 works just fine with my Canon 40D no safe sync or issues due to lack of one.
Nov 26, 2011 18:24:26 #
ahanonymous wrote:
You can get a devise called a safe sync. It goes between the hotshoe and the flash and will protect your camera from high sync voltages. You can see one here....
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/245292-REG/Wein_W990560_Safe_Sync_Hot_Shoe_to.html
Or you can use a wireless sync system. My old Vivitar 283 works just fine with my Canon 40D no safe sync or issues due to lack of one.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/245292-REG/Wein_W990560_Safe_Sync_Hot_Shoe_to.html
Or you can use a wireless sync system. My old Vivitar 283 works just fine with my Canon 40D no safe sync or issues due to lack of one.
Thank You :thumbup:
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