jo_o_m_rio_carreira

Hi. Last answer is correct IMHO.

I also suggest to visit the blog strobist (make a Google search).

You'll see lots of suggestions to use your flash off camera.

For example one option is to use the called "eBay triggers".

Is a small and cheap wireless trigger (to put on the hotshoe or pc connection) and receiver (you must have the right connection to your 283). Cheaper than the safesync, it's wireless (so you can put your flash anywhere - 100 feet) and you'll improve your pictures a lot - see the blog.

Best regards

ok, Thanks

The camera is a Dynax 5 (Film camera)

Hi guys.

I bought a few weeks a Promaster 7000M Minolta (Film) dedicated.

I tested the unit and after a few shots the unit stop working. The unit charges

and the ready light stays on. The test button makes no difference.

I don't know if the problem is the wireless mode because after this mode is

activated the unit only fires if the camera says so.

I really think the problem is there. For a reason that I don't know the flash

unit is blocked by the wireless mode but waiting to be fired by the normal

(shoe) way.

If someone has a solution for this please contribute with an answer or mail me.

This unit is similar to Centon fg105d ans as far as I know the problem can also

occur.

Thanks

If someone has a solution for this please contribute with an answer or mail me.

This unit is similar to Centon fg105d ans as far as I know the problem can also occur.

Thanks

Hi guys.

I've bought a few weeks a Promaster 7000M Minolta (Film) dedicated.

I tested the unit and after a few shots the unit stop working.

The unit charges and the ready light stays on.

The test button makes no difference.

I don't know if the problem is the wireless mode because after this mode is

activated the unit only fires if the camera says so.

I really think the problem is there.

For a reason that I don't know the flash unit is blocked by the wireless mode

but waiting to be fired by the normal (shoe) way.

Thanks for all answers. <br>

I forgot to tell that I want a system that can work with digital, or in other words, a system that could handle with the preflash from the digital cameras. <br>

A few months ago I didn't knew how flash works with digital.

<br>I used with digital the same optical slaves I used with film but the digital pictures came worst than without the optical slaves.

<br> The radio triggers only fires the flash when the transmitter says "do it"

Hi.<br />

I own a set of 5 radio triggers (gadgetinfinity & virtualvillage). <br />

I managed to put them working with my digital camera with 2 small flash units

from Promaster with low voltage. But now I want to try with Vivitar 283/285.

<br />

Some of the units have slow voltage (10 to 20v) but one of them has more than

300v and other, sometimes, shows a multimeter reading of 700v. <br />

My questions: <br />

1 - It's safe to connect the radio slaves directly to the high voltage Vivitars

I own? <br />

2 - Does the radio slaves suffer the same problem of the hotshoe of digital

cameras? (making them to "break" with the high voltage when the flash

fires?) <br />

3 - What is the procedure to know if I can connect the radio slaves directly to

the hotshoe of any flash (value of safe voltage of the flash?)? <br />

Thanks

Hi. I'm also interested in learning more about this question.

Can anyone explain in more detail how can we check the batteries?

I had a 18 EUR set of 4 energizer and they are death.

When I saw that something should be wrong I continued to charge and discharge the all set.

As far I can understand (after reading above) I destroyed the good batteries in that set.

I have a multimeter.

Thanks

As far as I can see the Promaster flash units are similar to Centon.

FG105D = FTD7000M

FH95 = FTD5700

Manuals here: http://www.promaster.com/support/instructionbooks.asp

I hope this helps

Hi. I'm having some problems with my vivitar 285 - sometimes it doesn't fire at correct power. For example I use yellow or 1/4 or 1/16 and I get a full power burst.

Can anyone, please, tell me how to repair it.

Or can anyone tell me how to get a cheap service manual?

Thanks