Slave flash and digital camera

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:55:40 +0000, Frank ess wrote:

 > Michael Meissner wrote:
  >> "Frank ess" <frank RemoveThis @fshe2fs.com> writes:

  >> And why make a slave only flash that goes to sleep? I can imagine a
  >> studio type setup where you are trying to get things just right and
  >> it takes longer than 3 minutes and the #@%! flash goes to sleep.
  >>
 >
 > Holey moley. That's three.

My flash (not while on the camera) has been accidentally turned on,
and uses up the batteries! Sucks if you have it in your carry bag, pull it
out to use it and the batteries are dead.

A sleep is not the best way to fix this, better a lock out or better power
on/off button.

I usually pull one or some of the batteries to avoid the problem.

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"Michael Meissner" <mrmnews.TakeThisOut@the-meissners.org> wrote in message
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 > "Frank ess" <frank.TakeThisOut@fshe2fs.com> writes:
 >
  >> Someone else mentioned another shortcoming, but I have forgotten what it
  >> was, and can't find the post.
 >
 > I posted that the flash goes to sleep if you haven't fired a flash in
 > awhile,
 > which is downright silly for a slave only flash IMHO (ie, you might be in
 > a
 > studio tyoe setting and rearranging things, and the flash goes to sleep).
 > I
 > can see it for regular flashes, just not a slave only flash.
 >
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 > Michael Meissner
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The Metz slave that I picked up this morning goes to sleep after 8 minutes,
counted from when it is turned on. But every time it is used or set it
starts counting again. However in order to get over this if it is not
desired then one can turn that setting off and the thing simply stays on
till you manually turn it off or the batteries run out.

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