An update on Flash B
Posted by: Jarod at 7:18 am, September 30th, 2008
Thanks to a comment or two in my flickr stream and a few google searches, I still think it’s the flash tube that’s dead on dear old Flash B.
For those that asked, the series of events that took place on the night where everyone had an alibi but me was
– The SB600 crashed to the floor and the batteries popped out.
– I chucked them back in and the unit charged back up.
– LCD Panel turned on and was fully functional.
– Charged ‘ready’ light was red as usual.
– The slight whine of the capacitor charging was heard when the test flash button was pressed.
– No bright hurt your eyes stuff coming out of the light making end when the test flash button was pressed.
At this point I shook the flash and was pretty sure I heard the sound of expensive to fix broken xenon tube. But with my continuing efforts to poke and prod it I adjusted the zoom setting. My thought is that this wedged the broken tube between something** and something** causing it not to rattle anymore.
So yes, my assessment is that it’s still a busted tube as the capacitor still charges and I swear I heard broken glass before fiddling with the zoom setting. It’ll most likely go in for a service/free quote later this week. Which will probably be after I order another SB600, SB800 or SB900. The juries still out on which I’ll be getting.
** Highly technical terms, don’t feel bad if you don’t understand them.
