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bounce and swivel!
I need a cheap, semi-large flash that admits a bounce and has a head which swivels. The other specifications unnecessary. As long as it's cheap.
Got any suggestions?
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A Metz 60-CT1 should be fairly inexpensive, and give you a whole lot of light, should you need it.
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 Originally Posted by epatsellis
A Metz 60-CT1 should be fairly inexpensive, and give you a whole lot of light, should you need it.
Not really inexpensive in this context. I mean dirt cheap. Like had for a song. I don't plan to use it as is. And I need suggestions to save me some time ebaying. Oh, a small PS: It needs to be a hot shoe model.
If I need a whole lot a light on the go I have a multiblitz press universal with booster which packs a whooping 320 Ws, puts a meager little metz to shame! Moahahahahaha! (okay, so the metz has more automodes...)
Last edited by olleorama; 12-09-2010 at 04:11 PM. Click to view previous post history.
Reason: a small PS
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A suggestion to save you time ebaying: check out KEH. For instance, they have a Vivitar 283 in BGN condition for $12.
I do use a digital device in my photographic pursuits when necessary.
When someone rags on me for using film, I use a middle digit, upraised.
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Vivitar 283 will bounce but not swivel
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Originally Posted by lxdude
A suggestion to save you time ebaying: check out KEH. For instance, they have a Vivitar 283 in BGN condition for $12.
The venerable 283 doesn't swivel, only tilts. So again, I can't sit and check every manual on butkus. And KEH usually doesn't list mundane features as swivel in their list either. Oops. keh does list the mighty swivel function.
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Sorry, you're right about the 283.
I don't know what constitutes dirt cheap, but there are some pretty cheap flashes with the swivel and tilt listed by KEH. How about the Vivitar 3700? For instance.
I do use a digital device in my photographic pursuits when necessary.
When someone rags on me for using film, I use a middle digit, upraised.
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some of the earlier sunpaks should work. 333 or 444 I think. swivels 360˚ I think plus the usual bounce
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Originally Posted by olleorama
Not really inexpensive in this context. I mean dirt cheap. Like had for a song.
I bought myself a couple of Metz 45 CT-1 units, separately, at separate occasions, for under US$ 10 a piece.
I´m sure that can still be done.
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He says it needs to be a hot shoe model. He says he doesn't plan to use it as is, so I guess that means expendable in some way. He seems to be in a hurry.
Whatever.
Ollie, if you can get around the hot shoe part, you could get that 283, attach a cord, duct tape the flash to your head, and have all the bounce and swivel you could ever need!
I do use a digital device in my photographic pursuits when necessary.
When someone rags on me for using film, I use a middle digit, upraised.
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