Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month
Pros:
For about half the money you would pay for the Vivatar 285 HV you get a better quality flash with a built in optical slave. What could be better? I'm not 'strobist'. I will be using this as a hair or background light driven from by Alien Bee 800s.
Cons:
I haven't found any issues. It works as described and seems well built.
OtherThoughts:
Recharges pretty quickly. If you need one, just buy it.
Bottomline:
If you are a strobist or need an extra manual flash this one is build quite well and should do the trick.
Great little strobist flash
Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month
Pros:For about half the money you would pay for the Vivatar 285 HV you get a better quality flash with a built in optical slave. What could be better? I'm not 'strobist'. I will be using this as a hair or background light driven from by Alien Bee 800s.
Cons:I haven't found any issues. It works as described and seems well built.
OtherThoughts:Recharges pretty quickly. If you need one, just buy it.
Bottomline:If you are a strobist or need an extra manual flash this one is build quite well and should do the trick.