Re: [OM] Vivitar 285HV Zoom Thyristor flash

[John Hudson]

Chuck .... I am trying without much success to place the second sentence in 
context with the first and third sentence. How does a tall bracket exert any 
leverage at all and how is any leverage relevant to not having any AA 
batteries in the flash gun ?

I'm confused :-)

jh




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Vivitar 285HV Zoom Thyristor flash


> One nice advantage of the T-32 is that it does not need AA batteries
> when running from an external high voltage power supply.  If you put the
> flash on a tall bracket (like a Stroboframe) the bracket exerts lots of
> leverage.  Having or not having batteries in the flash is very
> noticeable after schlepping camera, bracket and flash around all night.
>
> Dr. Flash
>
> Frank van Lindert wrote:
>> The manual
>> http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/vivitar_285hv.pdf
>> says YES.
>>
>> Frank van Lindert
>> Utrecht NL.
>>
>> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:06:22 -0400, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> When using a Viv 285HV flash with the dedicated SB-4 power supply unit
>>> should the flash gun be loaded with 4 AA batteries at the same time ?
>>>
>>> jh
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