Infrared Trigger

[gilpen123]

I will shoot in a studio and I don't have the flash sync cord for my M6 TTL. Is it ok to use an infrared trigger with the M6? I'm not sure if it will fire and whether the voltage is safe enough. The trigger is powered by 2 double AA batteries. Anyone here tried this? Thanks!

 

[Tim Gray]

You should be fine. The voltage is plenty safe. Though there could be some incredible voltage increasing circuitry in the trigger, I seriously doubt that. As a result, the max voltages in the trigger are probably 3V (from the 2 AA batteries in series, 1.5V from each one).

I've used my Ms with Pocket Wizards, which aren't infrared, but do a similar thing.

 

[gilpen123]

Great I'll see tomorrow hopefully nothing serious happen.

 

[katgut@earthlink.net]

I've also used my M2 with PW.

 

[kzphoto]

I"ve used my M6 & now M7 with some crappy Chinese radio traggers. Even an M8. No problems.

 

[sevo]

Oh, the equipment is safe, I haven't ever heard about a radio or IR trigger damaging the camera or flash. The trigger may be at risk, in particular the flash side receiver of radio triggers - many people have had flashes kill (cheap) radio triggers. Some seem to stand little more than the 5V directly handled by modern ICs, while previous flash generations standardized around 9, 15, 20 or even 200V trigger voltage.

 

[gilpen123]

I was fine but used the RD1 instead no issues.