All flash guns are temporary. They're candles. They burn down. Think of them as flashbulbs that last a bit longer.
Paul via phone On Jul 21, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking at the 285 earlier today. I think that's what I'm going > to find. I prefer having an autothyristor vs just full manual. It > looks like it swivels too which is a must. > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:39 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> OLD Vivitar 285-HV is pretty good. Trigger voltage <6vdc won't fry your >> DSLR. >> >> NEW Vivitar 285-HV not so good. Quality control issues I'm told. >> >> >> On 7/20/2013 10:27 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >>> >>> So my AF280T made some awful cracking sounds and now only seems to >>> fire at 1/1. This makes it pretty much impossible to use. Close >>> objects are blown at even iso 100 and f8. Bummer. Just as I was about >>> to go out and shoot an event. Joy. I could go with the onboard flash, >>> but I think I will just stay home now. I've really had no luck with >>> flashes lately. Every one I have bought has either blown up or failed >>> in some way a short time later. Its probably time to bite the bullet >>> and send my metz 54 in. At least I can have something reliable again. >>> Oh photoshoots coming up too. So what's the cheapest half decent flash >>> I can buy on the cheap? Old vivitars? >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
