Guess that dates me. (:>)
Brian P. Huber
> Turning most (if not all) Olympus flashes "off" automatically
> discharges
> the main capacitor anyway. Capacitor failure seems to have been a
> notable problem on early strobe units (circa Honeywell) -- it hasn't
> been a great concern for many years. Instruction books from that era
> commonly warned users of the necessity of "forming" the capacitor by
> charging and firing the flash several times before use for accurate
> operation -- no more.
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