best compact flash gun for mamiya 7

<p>Hi,<br>

I'm wondering if anybody has a good suggestion for a very compact flash gun to use with a mamiya 7 when travelling. I'm looking for something small, but with a useful amount of power for fill / or for candid portraits etc.</p>

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<p>The Nikon SB-80DX is nice, inexpensive, and the 'Auto' mode works well. I've used it to bounce and to add fill. Add a couple of Pocket Wizards, or similar, if you want off-camera flash and you're good to go.</p>

<p>Do you consider a Vivitar 283 / 285 compact? (I do). Great power and controllable. Oh, the price is right, usually around $25-40 used. That is what I use w/ all of my cameras (including a Mamiya 7) for those rare occasions where I use flash, mostly for fill.</p>

<p>Guy's,</p>

<p>thanks for the bargain basement suggestions - just what I was after really. Both suggestions are a little large for the chest pocket on my jacket - which is where I planned on porting this little fall-back. Anything smaller?</p>

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<p>Gerard: I know just what you need. It would be any one of those hundreds of different model cheap flashes made 25 years ago that used 2 AA batteries. They were low cost back then and now $5-$10 in a used camera store or camera flea market. They were all low powered. Some were thyristor and some were just "on". You may have to remember how to use guide numbers but that is easy.<br>

Personally I sometime use a $5 Hamminex flash. It is about half the size of a pack of cigarettes. It is so low powered that I know if I am 6-8' away from the subject that it will provide nice fill and not much more.</p>

<p>Bob,</p>

<p>Thanks - that's just the kind of thing I'm after.</p>

<p>Gerard</p>

<p>I've used the Contax TLA 200 flash on a 7 - I think Jason Nocito does the same.</p>