Hey, on a positive note...
In my $20 box of goodies (camera junk) is a 285 which I've been able
to resurrect. The capacitor needs a few more weeks of forming, but I
think it will be relatively fine in the end. It's an oldie, however,
when checking voltage on the hot shoe, it's under 8 vdc.
The Metz 45 CL-1's battery pack is rubbish, so I'll have to rebuild
that or something, but before I do, I'm going to see if the thing even
works via antoher method of powering.
The one item I've been kinda afraid of powering up is an old White
Lightning 10,000. I finally tried it out. I think it's been more than
a few years since it was fired... Unfortunately, I did fail to
adequately clean the tube off and when it fired the dust on it burned
off in a nice cloud of smoke. Otherwise, it seems to work fine. That
sucker is pretty bright.
AG
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