[LargeFormat] to ringlash or not to ringflash

[philip.lambert]

> "philip.lambert" wrote:
>
> > I am currently worrying
> > whether a bulb flash will damage a modern SLR when the shutter triggers
the
> > flash.   All comments welcome on this. Philip
>
> There are some delicate electronics in this path on a modern SLR,
certainly not
> designed to sink/source the current for a flash bulb, the sync socket is
NOT
> mechanical as on LF shutters and you will almost certainly fry your camera
> unless you isolate the two circuits.
>
> Robert Lawrence
>
I appreciate this topic is not of interest to large format specialists but
to shed more light-  I have just learned that several bulb flash guns with
folding reflectors using focal plane bulbs, capless or AG1, were marketed by
Nikon  designed for the early Nikon F1, F2 & F3 reflexes as well as the
collectors' rangefinder Nikons.  They used 15v batteries to fire the bulb
and only the triggering circuit was closed by the shutter. Do I feel like
making the experiment?  Maybe not.   Philip