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Vivitar 285HV Auto Professional Flash | 
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| Brand: Vivitar
Category: Photography
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $89.95
You Save: $90.04 (50%)
New (2) Used (2) from $69.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 776
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 3.7 x 2.8
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: 285HV
Model: 285HV
UPC: 019643339651
EAN: 0019643339651
ASIN: B00004TVSP
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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| Features:
| • | Vertical bounce flash | | • | Auto Thyristor circuitry | | • | Sufficient-light indicator | | • | Illuminated calculator dial | | • | Flash range up to 70 feet |
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| Accessories:
| • | Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce for the Achiever DZ260, Canon 420EZ, 430EZ and Vivitar 283, 285 & 5600 Zoom Flashes (OM-B) | | • | Sto-Fen Two-Way Bounce for the Vivitar 285 Flash. | | • | Vivitar 285HV Non-Dedicated Shoe Mount Flash - Basic Outfit with 4 NiMH Batteries, Charger, Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce Flash Diffuser | | • | Sto-Fen Gold Colored Omni-Bounce for the Nikon SB-24, 25, 26, Canon 380EX, 420EZ, 430EZ and Many Other Flashes | | • | Sto-Fen Five Color Omni's |
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Product Description
Vivitar designs, develops, and markets affordable, easy-to-use photographic and digital imaging products that offer families and other consumers exceptional value, fine quality, and a wide range of features and benefits.PRODUCT FEATURES: Powerful automatic exposure range to 70ft; Guide Number: 120 (ISO100/ft.); Control flash distance range and depth of field with four auto f/stop settings; Auto Thyristor circuitry for more flashes and faster recycle time; Vertical bounce flash for softer, professional quality lighting; Built-in variable power for convenient fill flash and rapid sequence photography; Removable sensor for off-camera automatic flash with optional cord.
Amazon.com Product Description
The built-in variable power of the Vivitar 285HV auto professional flash provides you with fill flash and the ability to shoot properly exposed rapid-sequence pictures. This vertical bounce flash gives your photographs soft, professional lighting. The four f-stops give you control over the flash distance range and the depth of field, while the auto Thyristor circuitry allows for a faster recycling time as well as more flashes per set of batteries.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Lighting Perfection October 6, 2008
Took a little soldering and a little work but I have my vivitar's hard wired to my ebay triggers. This solves alot of problems. These things are BRIGHT. Really great output for a flash running on alkalines. There built like a tank. Shipping was extremely fast. I do plan on purchasing a few more in the future.
 The best flash if you're on a budget September 24, 2008
This flash is a good value. For less than $100, you get 4 levels of manual power, 3 levels of autoexposure (which do work well) a tilt-zoom head, a pc sync socket, and relatively fast recycle times. I would love to see this flash with a swivel head.(that's why only 4 stars)
It looks a little boxy compared to the canon and nikon flashes, but the light looks just as good! If you need TTL you're going to have to pay for it. If you shoot in manual mode, this flash will give you control and consistency.
Over all I am very pleased with this flash, in fact, I just bought another one!
For more info on using this flash, visit strobist.com
gets the job done September 8, 2008
I've had this flash about a month now. I've been pretty happy with it and it does everything I need to do with an off camera flash. Great price.
Vivitar 285HV Flash August 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased an Olympus E510 DSLR as my first step out of non-SLR digitals. I just sooooooo missed using an SLR, I finally took the plunge and after a lot of comparisons I chose the Olympus for various outstanding reasons (although I must admit I had a hankering for Olympus all along after owning the same brand a number of times before). The pop-up flash, as only to be expected, was not always going to be up to the full game, so I looked around for an external flash. I went out with the idea of an Olympus dedicated unit at first..... but ouch..... the price. Then I stumbled across the Vivitar 285HV. I read a heap of previews, by far and away mostly good. There were, as expected, some less than glowing previews BUT, I was amazed by the number of previews that indicated that they were on their second or third unit over many years (the 285HV has really been around a long time) and had no hesitation in buying again. I am just a mug who likes simplicity in ease of use and instructions, which allows me to concentrate on my photos more than the technicalities of the equipment and the Vivitar 285HV fits the bill superbly. The only drawbacks I have are that it is relatively large and that I must mount it on the camera because the Olympus will not take a lead, allowing me to mount the flash on a bracket. You do miss out ever so slighly by the unit not having side-to-side swivel. ....BUT.... on price and outstanding simplistic performance, the WOW !!! factor is huge. I am very, very pleased with my purchase.
Brendon RUTTER. Australia.
cheap and reliable August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an awesome vintage flash for today's digital SLR's. I like that it is compatible with my Nikon D-80. The only thing I wish it had was a swivel-head. But with a hot-shoe cable for off-camera flash, it doesn't really matter.
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