Interested in strobism?

[Sean Setters]

Now people can come to one single thread. I look forward to your follow up.


Might I suggest links on this thread to places for getting gear? (if that is allowed?)

My original intent was to put all the info in a single thread. However, since there is so much information, I may actually span its entirety over a few threads (maybe 4?) and provide links to each thread in all of them. Have it set up like chapters in a book where you can go straight to the chapter you want.


I could put some more links in if you want. I provided some links throughout the post, but if you want them all bundled in a single place in the thread I suppose I could do that. Is that what you want? Or did you want to suggest your own places?

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Sean


I remember you stating that the Vivtar 285 could only be turned down to 1/8th I think. I can not find where I saw your comment. I have several 285s and one 283 myself. I remember there was an accessory that you could replace the auto sensor on the 283 with a Vivtar VP-1 to manually adjust the power out as follows: 1/64, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, and full power. Here is a link to the discontinued item but maybe you can find on e-bay.


Vivitar VP-1


Mark

[Mark Elberson]

I remember you stating that the Vivtar 285 could only be turned down to 1/8th I think.
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<p style="CLEAR: both"]The Vivitar 285HV skips 1/8. It can be set to 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/16.

[Sean Setters]

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Sean


I remember you stating that the Vivtar 285 could only be turned down to 1/8th I think. I can not find where I saw your comment. I have several 285s and one 283 myself. I remember there was an accessory that you could replace the auto sensor on the 283 with a Vivtar VP-1 to manually adjust the power out as follows: 1/64, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, and full power. Here is a link to the discontinued item but maybe you can find on e-bay.


[url="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/61614-REG/Vivitar_238278_VP_1_Vari_Power_Adapter.html]Vivitar VP-1[/url]


Mark
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Personally, I like the Vivitar 285HV flash.
It's rugged, it's been around for years (in one form or another), and
it's simple. It has manual power adjustments--you can set it to full
power, 1/2, 1/4, and 1/16 power (no 1/8, unfortunately).

Yep, I thought I included that in the original post. I didn't include the information on the VP-1, though, because it's getting very hard to find and it's expensive when you can find it. If you want the light output to be dimmer, move the light source away from the subject or else use an ND filter over top of the flash. Both solutions are easier and cheaper. :-)

[Sean Setters]

Alrighty then. Second part is done. I updated this thread with the link.