Vivitar

Vivitar


Vivitar 285HV Auto Professional Flash
(Electronics) Vivitar

Vertical bounce flash
Illuminated calculator dial
Flash range up to 70 feet


Price: $179.99

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Can I use a Vivitar 285 hv Flash (the older model) on a Canon Rebel digital XSI?

I own a vivitar 285 hv flash and I'd like to use it on my canon digital rebel, but I'm afraid that it may fry the camera's hotshoe. Has anyone been able to use it and the camera still be ok? PLEASE PLEASE let me know, i saved for a long time to get this camera and I really don't want it to mess up. Be certain of your answers. and Thank you!


I would not take the chance!

If yours is an older model - it may hit your camera with over 200 volts of trigger voltage, which will make a nice toast of the fine electronics inside.

Some of the newer models of 285 come with low trigger voltage (6 volts) and they should be fine, even though I think Canon suggests that even that may be too much.

If you really really want to use it, measure it's voltage (if you know how) and use at your own risk!

LEM.

2009-03-26 14:04:43 by magics329

Vivitar 285 HV Intro


Just a into to my new Vivitar 285HV flash, not meant to be a review or a how-to, check back around the 20th of august for those.

Would it be weird to use a Vivitar 285 HV flash and an AlienBee B800 Flash together?

would the light of the b800 totally dwarf that of the 285 HV if the b800 were used as a main light (in a brolly box or umbrella) and the 285 hv as a fill light (in an umbrella)?
thanks fhotoace... i guess my main questions are 1. will it take more than one vivitar 285 to make an adequate fill light if a b800 is the key light? and 2. is an umbrella or brolly box sufficient for each of those lights? or would you recommend a soft box? i'm afraid of getting a square catchlight in my models' eyes


It can be done, but you will have to trigger the 285 using something like a Pocket Wizard or a long connector from your hot shoe to the flash on a stand with umbrella.

Usually whew we are using a lot of external battery powered flash units, they are triggered using some king of radio remote control and they are used as accent lights in the background. The key light can be an AlienBee and you can mount a couple of external flash units in a soft box for fill if you want. You just have to do a lot of tests to get the balance correct for the shot you are lighting.

2009-03-02 19:28:17 by johndeand

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