Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-22 Thread John Sessoms
Just tilt, no swivel. On 7/21/2013 4:49 PM, Zos Xavius 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 wrote:

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
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 wrote: > I was looking at the 285 earlier today. I think that's what I'm going > to find. I prefer having an autothyristor v

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
The Vivitar 285HV tilts but doesn't swivel. On 7/21/2013 4:49 PM, Zos Xavius 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,

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Zos Xavius
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 wrote: > OLD Vivitar 285-HV is pretty good. Trigger voltage <6vdc won't

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
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 impo

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Bob W
On 21 Jul 2013, at 03:27, 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 g

AF280T Failure

2013-07-20 Thread Zos Xavius
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