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The TLDR; is – “In high voltage systems clearance according to EN60065:1994, 3 mm is required for Class I and for Class II, 6 mm is required in mains operated systems (240VAC)”

Also, worth noting is that many cheap supplies out of China are designed for 110V/220V, +/- 10%. Consequently they’re designed to 121V/242V. For those of us in 240V areas, so in perfect conditions, they’re operating at the very top end of their specifications.

The Sony A33 uses the image sensor itself when metering, and considers the overall image as 1,200 separate zones in performing metering calculations. Metering modes include Multi-segment, Center-weighted, and Spot, and the metering system can function from -2 EV to +17 EV (at ISO 100 equivalent with an F1.4 lens). An autoexposure lock button is provided, allowing metering to be locked from a specific portion of the subject, then the overall image reframed as desired. +/-2.0 EV of exposure compensation is available, in 1/3 EV steps. The A33 also offers a three-frame exposure bracketing function, which allows a step size of either 1/3 or 2/3 EV between subsequent frames. Shutter speeds from 1/4,000 to 30 seconds are available, as well as a bulb position that holds the shutter open for as long as the shutter release is pressed. Flash X-sync is at 1/160 second. White balance options include auto, six presets (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, and Flash), plus both custom and direct color temperature (2,500 to 9,900K) options. The six presets allow +/- 3 step adjustment, and there’s also a color filter setting that provides +/-9 steps of magenta / green compensation.

You can, but it will likely not be very useful. The losses in the two transformers will be such that you won’t be able to draw much current from it and most appliances won’t work.

Yeah, the US connector system is a mess. I just installed a system that’s supposed to use a NEMA 6-20 plug, but the building services people installed a NEMA L6-20 receptacle (locking version). Same electrical specs, but they don’t mate. Back to lopping off the plug and wiring my own g-d connector… Arrgh.

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The heater from the inner layer of the PCB still needs to exit to the surface using vias or plated through holes some how. So the contacts are still exposed. You might use a TRIAC in something like the phase control in a dimmer switch as a PWM to control heater power, but the peaks voltages at the output are still at line voltages levels.

In college, I was playing with our nitrogen laser which had a huge exposed Blumlein discharge capacitor. So large that a bottle with fluorescent die had been set on it. While the laser was running, I picked up the bottle, and received several 20-30kV discharges to my hand. The exit was my bare feed on concrete. I was able to count the hits afterward, because each one left a small burn mark on my hand. That hurt.

A final benefit of the EVF is that it lets you keep the camera to your eye during video recording, something no other SLR currently offers, although some SLDs do.

So here follows the first in a series on how to approach electronic devices containing high voltages, and live to tell the tale. By “high voltages” we mean anything up to mains voltages, and those directly derived from them such as the few hundred volts rectified DC you’ll find in a switch-mode PSU. For multi-kilovolt EHT you’ll have to wait for another article, because that is an entire subject in itself. We’ll mention these higher voltages in passing, but their detail is best left for a Hackaday colleague with more pertinent experience.

In the old days, we were always careful to remind readers to purchase a second battery along with their camera, but in recent years, battery life has become much less of a concern than it once was. Not so with the Sony A33, though: Unless you intend it only for light snap-shooting, consider the purchase of a second battery mandatory.

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