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Sunpak flash and D70
I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the
D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? |
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"Ed" wrote in message oups.com... I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? Not me. Unless the Sunpak is iTTL compatible, you must use whatever exposure control that the flash provides. In other words, it is no more flexible than a Vivitar 283. Jim |
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"Jim" wrote in message
.. . "Ed" wrote in message oups.com... I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? Not me. Unless the Sunpak is iTTL compatible, you must use whatever exposure control that the flash provides. In other words, it is no more flexible than a Vivitar 283. Jim I was going to use my trusty Vivitar 283s with my D70, until I happened to check the Trigger Voltages, and found them both to operate at 286 volts, which would fry the Camera electronics. So now I am looking for a new Flashgun, and apart from the 2 dedicated Nikon Speedlights at their Stupid prices, I am not finding much available. Roy G |
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"Roy" wrote in message ... "Jim" wrote in message .. . "Ed" wrote in message oups.com... I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? Not me. Unless the Sunpak is iTTL compatible, you must use whatever exposure control that the flash provides. In other words, it is no more flexible than a Vivitar 283. Jim I was going to use my trusty Vivitar 283s with my D70, until I happened to check the Trigger Voltages, and found them both to operate at 286 volts, which would fry the Camera electronics. So now I am looking for a new Flashgun, and apart from the 2 dedicated Nikon Speedlights at their Stupid prices, I am not finding much available. Roy G Vivitar make an off camera cord for the 283/5 flashguns, use that. I do and the trigger voltage off the bottom of the cord is a hell of a lot lower than off the foot of the flash. |
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"canongirly" wrote in message
... "Roy" wrote in message ... "Jim" wrote in message .. . "Ed" wrote in message oups.com... I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? Not me. Unless the Sunpak is iTTL compatible, you must use whatever exposure control that the flash provides. In other words, it is no more flexible than a Vivitar 283. Jim I was going to use my trusty Vivitar 283s with my D70, until I happened to check the Trigger Voltages, and found them both to operate at 286 volts, which would fry the Camera electronics. So now I am looking for a new Flashgun, and apart from the 2 dedicated Nikon Speedlights at their Stupid prices, I am not finding much available. Roy G Vivitar make an off camera cord for the 283/5 flashguns, use that. I do and the trigger voltage off the bottom of the cord is a hell of a lot lower than off the foot of the flash. Canongirly, thanks for the suggestion. Did you mean the cord which fits into the Camera Flash Shoe, and holds the Flash Sensor, while the other end of the cord fits into the Sensor Socket on the Gun. If you did, I have just this minute tested the voltage, at the Shoe end and it is still over 280 volts. If you meant the Cable which should fit into the little socket just above the Power Supply Input on the Gun, and goes to the Camera PC socket. I have to say that someone forced PC plugs in there and wrecked the sockets. Not me ! It seems that not all 283s have the same specs, and the older the gun, the higher the trigger voltage. Perhaps I should just buy a new one, they are still listed on the Vivitar site. Roy G |
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"Roy" wrote in
: "Jim" wrote in message .. . "Ed" wrote in message oups.com... I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? Not me. Unless the Sunpak is iTTL compatible, you must use whatever exposure control that the flash provides. In other words, it is no more flexible than a Vivitar 283. Jim I was going to use my trusty Vivitar 283s with my D70, until I happened to check the Trigger Voltages, and found them both to operate at 286 volts, which would fry the Camera electronics. So now I am looking for a new Flashgun, and apart from the 2 dedicated Nikon Speedlights at their Stupid prices, I am not finding much available. Other than, say, the Sunpak 383, which is very much like a modernised Viv 283? |
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In article .com,
"Ed" wrote: I used the Sunpak 5000 with success with my N70, now I changed to the D70. Has anyone had problems using this flash? I can only state that I am using both the 522 handle mount and a Q Flash both with out issue when attached to the D70 via a PC socket that mounts to the camera's hot shoe. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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