A good illustration of why, on opening a flash's case, the
first job is to discharge the capacitor (about 200watt-s
in this case).
---with a wire and resistor, I mean
Paul
>
> Did Chanukah come late, or am I missing information? I've been
> feeling oppressed by my gentile neighbors lately, so you tell me.
>
> Getting ready for a couple of assignments this week, I've been
> playing flash/motor drive roulette, and charging batteries. A second
> ago I picked up my T45 with 4T and winder 2 mounted, and bumped the
> flash's shutter release remote button. Apparently I left the winder
> turned on, so the camera fired and the winder advanced a frame. No
> big surprise there. What WAS surprising is that the flash
> fired.....But there was no battery in the flash.
>
> I fired 7 more times, and got a flash each time, at which point I
> decided I wouldn't press the issue any further.
>
> Where was the power for the flash coming from? No battery in the
> handle, and my Turbo-z wasn't attached to the cable. I'm at a loss.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Judah BB MaccaBean
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