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Kian Ryan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 03:47 am: | 
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My beloved X-700 has recently developed a fault. The camera no longer fires my flash gun (Vivitar 283) through either the hot shoe or the PC connection. I've tried it on a different body, and it works fine on my X-300 through both the hotshoe and the PC, but for some reason it completely fails on the X-700.
Any ideas? |
Ron
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:11 am: |
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Flash failures are not uncommon with the X-700 which has a reputation for somewhat fragile circuitry. More rarely, use of an older high-voltage flash unit can also damage the camera circuits. |
Kian Ryan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:01 am: |
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I've just had the camera attended to by a repair specialist. He fitted a new light trap and said it fired his flash unit (he did not specify which) fine. He then returned it to me, I refitted my 283, and lo and behold it failed again.
He immediately accused my flash-gun, so I hooked it upto my X-300 where it fired perfectly.
He's taken it back to have another look at it, but any ideas I would be grateful to hear them.
Thanks,
Kian |
James Jones
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 08:13 am: |
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Check the voltage at the foot of the flash when it is charged and ready to fire. The older 283's had a trigger voltage of 190-270 volts DC. The newer ones are in the range of 5-8 volts. If you have the higher voltage unit, do not use it on an electronic camera! See here:
http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html |
Will
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 11:31 am: |
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The Viv 283 has a separate battery compartment. Check for intermittent power contact with battery compartment section, clean the contacts. |
