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     Mareklew Tinkerer Username: Mareklew Post Number: 257 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A |
1) The capacitor gets charged to much more than 6V. More like 300-600V. More important: it stays charged after turning the flash off. Unless you are 1kV-certified/trained technician (or whatever the term used in your country is) stay clear of it. 2) If the ready light lits, the capacitor gets charged up to the nominal voltage. De-formed caps have high leakage and this can prevent them from reaching proper voltage (charge leaks faster than it can be supplied), or leads to fast charge loss (you charge it and it starts charging again in few seconds). IF the ready light goes on and stays on then it's not the case or not the root of the problem at least. 3) This is automatic flash. It flashes only as strong, as necessary for the exposure. Try setting the camera to low ISO, set f:stop to say f:8 and shoot a photo indoors. It might suddenly get much more powerful ;) I don't know if the test button fires it at full power - in my Metz 54 set on Auto the test button fires automatic-exposure shot, so fires only strong enough for a proper exposure, not full blast. 4) If the exposures are off, then something else is wrong. Marek |