Godfrey, I'm very glad to hear that you have a good reliable copy of this flash. Function-wise they are fine.
David Hobby (The Strobist) is a well respected hotshoe flash expert and is not known for steering his legions of fans wrong. You can be sure that he has one or more of these flashes and most likely gave them a very good workout, possibly including disassembly. If he says they're unreliable reproductions of the classic flash I don't think he just pulled that from thin air. But I don't have one myself, so I'm just passing along advice that I trust, but haven't personally verified. It's worth just what you paid for it; possibly less. :-) In any event, the Yongnuo is a modern design, has way more functionality including a builtin wireless receiver, for the same amount of money as a 385HV which is based on 1990's design. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Just read the article. He disses the new version of the flash ... And he > doesn't say a word about what might be wrong with it or whether he even has > one. It seems he paid too much for his used SB26s to actually report > anything other than his latest toy-du-jour. > > A violently stupid article. > > Godfrey > > > On Aug 29, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't know what model you or they are talking about, but the Vivitar 285HV >> is rock solid. Been sing a new one for six years now without a single hitch. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Regarding the Vivitar 385HV suggestions: read this first! >>> http://strobist.blogspot.ca/2007/02/return-of-classic.html >>> >>> "BOTTOM LINE: Don't Buy This Flash [...] They are total crap. Don't >>> let the reputation fool you." > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
