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I've read from many sources that film flashguns won't work with newer digital cameras due to voltage differences and timing differences (and trying may in fact damage my camera), however I have heard of people getting around this by using inexpensive remote flash triggers.

I have a couple of old film flashes lying around and I wanted to experiment with some off-camera flash - I've found this wireless remote but I wasn't sure if it would work with my older flash gun.

Has anyone had any experience using older film-style flash guns with a digital camera in this way?

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What camera and flash do you have? It may be the case that they are compatible. – Rowland Shaw♦ Dec 29 '10 at 12:40
The Camera is a Canon EOS 500D, and the flash is a Yashica CS-250AF – Justin Dec 29 '10 at 13:54

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Make sure to look for the flash on this big list, or measure the voltage yourself. If that's no good, the same site has the info you want on slave triggers.

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