Thanks, all. Since that's the second email basically stating the same thing, I will now relegate the old flash to the junk box. Not that I really needed it anyway...
t On 12/15/01 6:20 PM, William Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I've had the same problems with an old Vivitar 2800. On some older > flashes, the trigger voltage is quite high, and newer cameras with their > electronic sync switching are not designed to handle this. You could > very possibly fry your camera. > > If I were you, I would discontinue the use of that flash with your ZX-M. > > Thanks, > > William in Utah. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

