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Vivitar 285HV Auto Professional Flash | 
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| Brand: Vivitar
Category: Photography
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $71.65
You Save: $108.34 (60%)
New (7) Used (3) from $71.00
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 841
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 1-2 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) | | • | 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 | | • | Energizer E91BP-4 AA Batteries(4-Pack) |
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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 5 more reviews...
 gets the job done September 8, 2008
C. Laga
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
Brendon W. Rutter (NSW. Australia.)
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
Kristen Abdullah
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.
 Perfect Old School Flash for Strobist Setup August 5, 2008
Ariana Bauer (St. Louis, MO Area, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this flash. I use it as part of my strobist setup. A real workhorse with great power. I am thinking of getting another soon.
Old School Flashes Rock August 4, 2008
Marius Lardizabal (Houston, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an amateur photographer on a tight budget this flash is by far the one of the best bang for my buck purchase I have ever done.
I like it's simplicity. You want to adjust the range, then just pull/push the flash head. You want to control the power just turn the knob up/down. If you feel lazy you can always use its four auto-settings using the same knob.
Another thing that sold me to this flash is the head, its so easy to cut a strip of gel and just insert it right-in, no messy velcro, no rubber bands.
It is plastic but tank like plastic, an acquaintance accidentally dropped his flash from four feet away but aside from the minor dent, the flash worked fine, try doing that on a $400++ Canon.
Also, if you want to make it a slave, just buy one of those PC/hot-shoe slave adapters for about $16.
I use this flash exclusively on Manual, I never bothered using the auto-settings so am not sure what I missing.
For some reason it doesn't have a 1/8th power level but its not a big deal, all I do is put on some gel to tone down the power and voila.
Some may argue that it lacks the sophistication of the newer flashes like the Canon 580 Ex series but that's precisely why I picked this flash. The new flashes, aside from being way above my budget, have somewhat taken away the fun of experimentation. But then again a lot of folks prefer to point and shoot so maybe the newer flashes work for them better.
So if you are in the market for a cheap but reliable flash then look no further this is the flash for you.
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