paul_graham4 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 hi all- do you know of anyone who specializes in refurbishing flashguns / or even uprating them? I have one that is a favourite, (Olympus T32) but a little old � I want to bring it back to as new spec, or... better- e.g. up-rate the capacitor? I'd love a 1/2 stop extra power! any #'s for good repair guys or tinkeres?I'm in NYC. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_rubenstein___nyc Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 http://www.flashclinic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_graham4 Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 nah - flash clinic just want to deal with the big boys - not interested in little on camera guns. been there, tried that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conurus Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Uprating the capacitor may cause a shift in color temperature and lengthen the recycle time. But I think the real challenge is finding parts. It is very difficult to find photo capacitors. Other capacitors either don't withstand the high voltage (300V) required or don't have the correct discharge characteristics. In my view, you may try taking apart a disposable camera (lots of web sites would tell you how to do it) and add that capacitor in parallel to the one that is already there. Probably not 1/2 extra power (which is almost 0.6 stops) but maybe 0.2 stops more... but at least the original design won't go way out of whack with such an addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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