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!kapao!
Found my gramp's old camera bag. He was a journalist in the 70's during the Marcos Regime in the Philippines. Story has it that when he was arrested during the press blackout, they smashed his camera and threw him in prison. Luckily that's all they broke. In the camera bag, I found me a working flash. Problem: It doesn't work on my digital rebel but works fine when I hit the flash release. What could be the problem? Calling all DIYfags of /p/
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>> Anonymous
did you use the right camera settings for flash
>> !kapao!
>>263806
OP here. yeah.
>> Anonymous
enjoy your melted rebel circuits
>> Anonymous
>>263823

this. DO NOT use film flashes on digital bodies. they send a much larger charge through the camera that can fry the electronics of digital cameras.
>> !kapao!
>>263850
but then how will I possibly look cool with vintage gear?
>> SAGE
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>>263862
if you arent cool enough already adding any gear wont help

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>> Anonymous
Don't freak because of the scaremongers. Just check the trigger voltage. Chances are that you'll be fine unless you have a specific (older) model of Rebel.
>> !kapao!
Fuck you. You're not me, jerk off.
>> Foca !ZPmgSZGczM
>>263954

welcome to /p/. enjoy your rage.
>> Project !dashI8UpO.
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Most probably corroded contacts on the base. Might be able to clean it up or replace. And this>>263850is very real. Flash bulbs require massive voltage to light up so brightly and some old flashes are wired to make that high voltage current flow through the hotshoe contacts since old film cameras simply had a mechanical switch to complete the circuit thus firing the flash unlike the electronic ones digital cameras use.

We'll have to test it first.
http://www.kenrickparish.com/jgeerling/articles/photography/vivitar_285-voltage.html

And if the flash has only two contacts on its base, chances are, it's the high voltage type. Unlike some newer flashes that have multiple contacts on the base allowing it to communicate to the camera via hotshoe which means the camera's hotshoe is electronic.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>263996
Which make me wonder why someone hasnt made a converter that lets you use high voltage flashes on electronic hotshoes.
>> Project !dashI8UpO.
>>264004
I heard there is but it costs quite a bit, something like Safe-Sync I think, and people don't bother because they'd rather buy a newer better flash.
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>264007
Wein Safe-Sync. Hope you have a lot of old flashes though because they're damn expensive. Might as well get into wireless stuff instead.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>264007
>>264008
Oh well, at least someone thought of it already.
>> !kapao!
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>>263996
This is what I have. So the voltage isn't safe?

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>> Project !dashI8UpO.
>>264027
I wouldn't risk it until we get a good test.

btw, since I'm taking Electrical Engineering, I can ask my parents for money to buy a digital multimeter since it's course related. A good Sanwa is around 3 grand PhP at Raon. Those cheap ones you see around there only have an accuracy +- 4% which is very poor.
>> Anonymous
>>264031
3 grand for a multimeter? ouch. Hope you're making some really fancy circuits with that fucker. Flashes are either going to be >12V, or more like 250V tho, so I'm thinking a regular one would be perfectly okay?

Also, you can get wireless triggers from Gadget Infinity on ebay, they sell receivers that are safe for high voltage and they're pretty cheap.
>> Grev !!5D+HXONd/uX
Some of the older flashes would fry your camera because of the high voltage trigger, see if it has a PC sync socket instead.
>> Project !dashI8UpO.
>>264035
err, 3k PhP which is like 65 US Dollars. This is one of the cheaper ones though. Aiming for the one that's around 110 USD cause I want it to last and it's got accuracy of 0.5%.