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Re: [OM] qa310 compatibility...

Subject: Re: [OM] qa310 compatibility...
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 11:41:32 -0600
David Thatcher wrote:
> 
> HI All,
> 
> which bodies is the QA310 flash compatible with? (I know it works with
> the -1(n) & -2(n) from the manual)

The Quick Auto 310 will work with any camera, but will funtion in "TTL
Auto" (OTF) mode only with an original OM-2 and Shoe 2.  On other
cameras it will provide "normal" Auto and Manual modes.

> my main concern is the trigger voltage  which is in the order of 200-300V
> compared with the T-20 which is around 6V (not the TTL control- that won't
> work with my -2n+shoe4, -10, & -40!).
> 

Hm-m-m-m-m....  Doesn't sound quite right to me.  Seems to me that both
(in fact almost all) flashes' trigger caps charge to something in the
vacinity of 100-125V, but it's been years since I bothered to check the
actual potential across the X-contact and ground -- I'll have to drag a
few flashes out and test next time I'm at the office....


> is there a schematic of the qa310 circuit online anywhere?

Can scan & email if it's not online somewhere.  There were two basic
variations of the circuitry of the 310, btw -- or should that be, "one
original and one variation"?  I'm sure someone here will let me know!  
;^)

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