lola_gunch Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I purchased Vivitar 285HV today but it is missing the diffuser (piece of glass I think) I have been searchingthe Internet trying to find one to no avail so far! I see references to "wide angle diffuser" but I don't know if is the correct term for the diffuser or not,does anyone know? Also, are these diffusers different for each flash model or would one from a Vivitar 283 flash work? All help would be very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 "(piece of glass I think)" - a piece of plastic, perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 No, the 283 wide angle diffuser does not fit the 285. It is a piece of plastic. If you purchased the flash new, you should demand that it be sent to you. I lost mine once, and got another directly from Vivitar, but that was before they stopped making the 285s and started again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola_gunch Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Thanks for the information but I found out that I can simply take a piece of clear or colored Plexiglas and cut it to the dimensions I need, or a piece out of a milk carton (plastic), etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbiinc Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Be careful of the heat coming off the flash. You could have melted plastic all over the front of that flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola_gunch Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Dan Ferrel- If the heat will melt the Plexiglas why doesn't it melt the the original plastic diffuser, Frank Skomial implied it was plastic? Nadine Ohara- This is one of the older Vivitar 285 HV flashes, not the new one they put out a few years ago. As for Vivitar, I've sent them two emails and they never answered either one! I'm afraid that company is no longer interested in flash customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_anderson Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Lola, Vivitar is in a chapter 11 bankruptcy, so trying to get anything from them may be a problem. Here's a link to the info on thier bankruptcy. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/syntax-brillian-waves-the-white-flag-files-for-chapter-11-bankr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_anderson Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Lola, Sorry but I posted incorrect info on the Vivitar bankruptcy. The parent company is in backruptcy but that doesn't include Vivitar. Vivitar is however for sale at this point. Here's a better link to a Barron's article on the bankruptcy. http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/07/08/syntax-brillian-files-chapter-11-shares-now-worthless/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola_gunch Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 Johnny, thanks for the info, that explains the whole situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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