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Old flashgun n GX10?

Started Jul 6, 2012 | Discussions thread
Auster Pilot Senior Member • Posts: 1,222
Re: Old flashgun n GX10?

I also have a GX10 and use some legacy flash devices on it.

Do so with some caution - the main one being that it is recommended you keep the trigger voltage low. There are various stories as to the point at which the trigger voltage may harm the Pentax K10D (and thus GX10), however a good guide of low voltage systems is here:

http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html

You will only be able to use such flash systems in Manual exposure mode, but if you are used to older 35mm Flash systems this shouldn't be a problem. I particularly like my old Chinon S-250 Zoom (Auto-Thyrister) flash which is very accurate and didn't cost me anything.

However - as I said - a word of caution. A similar flash reported with a 11V trigger voltage managed to fry the Flash circuit on my Samsung NX100.

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