The older ones are (reportedly) a mixed bag. Some are 6 volts, some are not. The only way to know for sure is to check. Luckily that is extremely easy to do, and you can get a cheap volt meter at WallyWorlds for less than $10.
On 2/23/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My vivitar 285 is at least 15 years old and it's triggewr > voltage is also only 6 VDC. they changed it a long long time ago. > Its so easy to check, just put a dc voltmeter acroos the foot > contacts when fully charged. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bong Manayon > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:20 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 258HV > > > I have used my "old" 285HV with the 20D & *istDS without any problems. > I know about the voltage thing so I do it sparingly. A newer 285 with a > lower voltage is good news. > > On 2/24/07, Nick Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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! > > > > -- > > ~Nick Wright > > http://blog.phojonick.com/ > > http://www.phojonick.com/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ~Nick Wright http://blog.phojonick.com/ http://www.phojonick.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
