You're right about that. The Canyon 10D is also spec'd at only 6 volts.
I've heard that the failure mode may be eventual failure of the
shutter after the flash circuit has been subjected to higher voltages
over an extended period. Dunno how the shutter gets involved.
Chuck Norcutt
Nils Frohberg wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 09:53:39AM -0400, John Hermanson wrote:
>
>>So, if you put a QA310 flash on an e body, (like 90v trigger coil)
>>you're gonna blow up the flash contacts? Not good if this is ture.
>
>
> After Olympus Europe told me that up to 200V is OK, I hooked up a Viv
> flash that I measured at 150V to the E-500. It did not blow up :). But
> blowing up is not the only damage that a too high trigger voltage can
> cause.
>
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