That's good for the Canons out there. E Digital flash contacts are
rated at 7V, according to the Ministry of Official Information @ Olympus.
John
CPS, Inc.
On 11/14/2007 9:31:23 AM, Chuck Norcutt (chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
wrote:
> Canyon digitals produced after the 10D and 300D support up to 250 volts
> on the hot shoe and the PC connector (if the camera has one) although
> the wording in the manual is much more wishy-washy about it than Canyon
> tech support. The QA300 or 310 would not be a problem.
>
> In September 2006 Nils Frohberg forwarded us a note from Olympus Europe
> specifying that the E-500 and all E-system cameras with a hot shoe would
> support 200 volts. The E-1 manual (on page 108) says:
> "Some flashes
> available on the market operate with a synchro terminal with a
> voltage of 250 V or over. If one of these is used, it may damage the
> camera, and/or the camera may not function normally...".
> One can be a
> little unnerved by this statement or read it very carefully and deduce
> that the camera is protected up to 250 volts but not higher.
>
> The E-3 manual isn't available on line so I don't know what that says.
> The E-510 manual is mum on the voltage limits of non-Oly flashes but
> warns that flash communication connectors other than the main trigger
> terminal might damage the camera. OM dedicated TTL flash contacts
> don't
> seem to bother my Canyon even though the Canyon manual warns against TTL
> flash units
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