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Flash unit for stereo
Michael D'Abrosca writes:
>I am using Realist and Revere cameras and want to start using flash,
>both for indoor illumination and outside fill-in flash.
>
>I checked the various strobes that I have lying around and they all seem
>to have a guide number of 60. This will do in a pinch (f/8-5.6 at 7 ft.
>w/ASA 64), but I'd like to use something brighter. I do not want a
>monster strobe, but maybe someone out there can trim down my search by
>letting me know about the existence of a smallish higher-powered unit.
I'm using a Vivitar 283 flash unit with my stereo cameras. This is a handy
sized unit that gives me everything I need. Guide number is 120. It has
four aperture settings on automatic, these being f/2.8, f/4, f/8, and f/11
with an ASA 100 film. Manual operation too, of course, and it has an
electroluminescent calculator dial on the side. It's thyristorized, so it
has a nice short recycling time and is easy on batteries. It has a tilt
head as well, and comes with the PC cord you need for your hot-shoe adapter.
Various other accessories are available for it too.
And it's reasonably priced--I paid $64.95 plus shipping (B&H Photo in New
York, probably about the same at most other mail-order photo stores). I
doubt you can do better than the Vivitar 283 for your purposes. It's been
around for years; its continuing popularity has made it practically a cult
classic.
>How about using an old flash bulb unit? Are flash bulbs still available?!?
I thought they went out with buggy whips. :-)
>I have bought an adapter from Reel 3D, which seems to fit both cameras. I
>plan to shoot test rolls of Ektachrome 100 (I religiously use Kodachrome
>64, but I want a quick test for a special outdoor event this weekend) and
>have it 1-hour processed locally.
Try Fujichrome 100, too. I think it's great; it's become my standard slide
film for stereo and flat photography both.
>I am assuming that I need less
>brilliance for fill-in flash than with full indoor shooting, but my tests
>will tell. I can handle manual flash computations; my local camera shop
>sez that automatic settings don't handle fill-in flash.
I wouldn't think so either, with this non-dedicated type of automatic flash
unit, but I've never really tried it.
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