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 <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
