I used the 285HV with my D1 for indoor horse shows for 2 years, then bought the sb80dx.
Worked well for the jumping. Had to fiddle with out put for presentation shots for some reason. Dave On 2/24/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
