Old Vivitar flash compatibility???

[Jayson]

I have an old vivitar flash that came with a film camera purchased back some 10 years ago. It has a lot of power and I would love to use it for off camera purposes. I have a optical slave that I use on it now that works just fine. However, I am worried that when I try to use this in an event setting when other people as snapping away, it is going to fire at the wrong time.


I recently purchased a set of Ebay triggers (CTR-301P) and they work great with my 580 exII and not so good with a recently purchased Vivitar 285HV.


Anyway, my question would be if the old vivitar was attached to my wireless receiver, would it fry it? I know you can't connect this to your camera and wouldn't ever try it, but do the receivers have the same issue?


Thanks,


Jayson

[Jayson]

No need for a response. I found out on my own.


For a bit of information if anyone cares here is what I found.





In case you ever have an issue and need to look up voltage on a particular type of flash, I found this website.


http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html


Regarding my question, I found this site.


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Camera-accessories/Flashes-lighting/auction-233416353.htm