Warning!!! Nikon DSLR

Arkady · 26-01-2006, 15:48

Do not attempt to use studio flash synch leads on newer DSLR bodies from Nikon - it'll fry the chips.
Use instead a hotshoe-mounted IR release or a wi-fi release.
Just got the nod from the Nikon boys yesterday and it confirmed something we'd heard about a while back.
It may even have been mentioned here before, but it's official now.

fingerz · 26-01-2006, 17:23

Does Nikon's wifi transmitter suffer from the same problem as the Canon one, whereby it doesn't transmit 'backwards' (behind itself)?

I keep having to hold my flashgun forwards of the camera body. Not a show stopper but annoying nonetheless.

Catdaddy · 29-01-2006, 16:45

Rob, I thought that only applied if the voltage involved was a couple of hundred volts, as found on older flash heads... my Interfit Stellar is about 4.5v, and I haven't had any problems... yet...

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Arkady Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aldershot, Hampshire Posts: 1,198	Warning!!! Nikon DSLR Do not attempt to use studio flash synch leads on newer DSLR bodies from Nikon - it'll fry the chips. Use instead a hotshoe-mounted IR release or a wi-fi release. Just got the nod from the Nikon boys yesterday and it confirmed something we'd heard about a while back. It may even have been mentioned here before, but it's official now.

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26-01-2006, 17:23	#2 (permalink)
fingerz Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 790	Does Nikon's wifi transmitter suffer from the same problem as the Canon one, whereby it doesn't transmit 'backwards' (behind itself)? I keep having to hold my flashgun forwards of the camera body. Not a show stopper but annoying nonetheless.

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Catdaddy Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Berkshire Posts: 508	Rob, I thought that only applied if the voltage involved was a couple of hundred volts, as found on older flash heads... my Interfit Stellar is about 4.5v, and I haven't had any problems... yet...