As a note, all 285HV's are safe on modern cameras, the non-HV models are dangerous.
-Adam Nick Wright wrote: > For you (other) manual camera fans who might not have seen this yet, I > thought I'd mention that Vivitar has reintroduced their 285HV flash > units. They are selling brand new for just under $100 currently. And > they have trigger voltages of less than 6 volts, which means they are > safe to use on modern cameras too! Just got mine in the mail the other > day. In fact, I was so fed up with Canon's crazy ETTL I sold my $300 > Canon unit the day I heard the 285s were back! > > And to put a vaguely Pentax spin on this post ... I'm curious if > Pentax's PTTL system is any good? A quick scan through the archives > found at least one person who wasn't so thrilled. I'd like to hear > more. Thanks! > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
