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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:56 pm
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I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283 with
my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work from
the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a Pentax
please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the flash
direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there are on
the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over £150 for a
Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:56 pm
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Me at home <meathomeat.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
> flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283 with
> my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work from
> the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a Pentax
> please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the flash
> direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there are on
> the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over £150 for a
> Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta

Get a hot-shoe voltage isolator (to protect your camera from the flash),
and use your Vivitar. See also: <http://www.strobist.com/>

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:55 pm
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"Me at home" <meathomeat.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
>flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283 with
>my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work from
>the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a Pentax
>please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the flash
>direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there are on
>the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over £150 for a
>Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta
>
>
Be Careful of using your 283 with digital Cameras there are more the none
283 some have a very high trigger voltage that's not compatible with the
more delicate electrical circuit's used on digital cameras. use of a slave
trigger will be save and you can still use the auto.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:50 pm
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"Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote in message
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>
> "Me at home" <meathomeat.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:_dednYRA5L1b6WjbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
>>I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
>>flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283
>>with my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work
>>from the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a
>>Pentax please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the
>>flash direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there
>>are on the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over
>>£150 for a Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta
>>
>>
> Be Careful of using your 283 with digital Cameras there are more the none
> 283 some have a very high trigger voltage that's not compatible with the
> more delicate electrical circuit's used on digital cameras. use of a slave
> trigger will be save and you can still use the auto.

Oddly, my *stDS is far happier triggering high voltage 283s than it is a low
voltage Vivitar ring flash.

Deep.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:38 pm
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>"Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote in message
>news:UKmdnbJxk4Fn5WjbnZ2dneKdnZylnZ2d@pipex.net...
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>> "Me at home" <meathomeat.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:_dednYRA5L1b6WjbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
>>>I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
>>>flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283
>>>with my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work
>>>from the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a
>>>Pentax please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the
>>>flash direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there
>>>are on the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over
>>>£150 for a Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta
>>>
>>>
>> Be Careful of using your 283 with digital Cameras there are more the none
>> 283 some have a very high trigger voltage that's not compatible with the
>> more delicate electrical circuit's used on digital cameras. use of a slave
>> trigger will be save and you can still use the auto.
>
>Oddly, my *stDS is far happier triggering high voltage 283s than it is a low
>voltage Vivitar ring flash.

The DS is well isolated, the old 283 or 285 won't harm it at
all. The same can't be said for most dSLRs - including the
later Pentax and Samsung models.

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