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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
01-25-2008, 11:38 AM
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I am a complete noob with lighting and flash, so let me just add my .02
I first bought a 360, for two reasons really. 1 it was a pentax, and 2 I failed, for once, to do a ton of research on it. It isn't a bad flash.
I just got my second flash, a Vivitar 285v, which personally I like a lot more, from my limited experience with both. The 360 has a nice LCD screen and whatnot, but to me on the fly it just seems too annoying to dial in. the Vivitar has a little knob you turn up or down to control flash power. I like that. It's simple....
plus, the viv can be had for under 90 bucks new, and is a popular flash among the strobist crowd. Just thinking out loud here, but if you went the vivitar route, you could grab several plus the cactus v2 wireless triggers and still be spending no more than you would for 1 pentax branded flash, but you'd have gotten a lot more flexibility in terms of placement and whatnot.
Tho, take my thoughts for what they are, I am by no means an expert at all. Just think tho, if I could have a flash do-over, I'd go for a couple vivitars and skip the pentax flash for now (also seems like the viv recycles faster, but that could just be my experience or impression)
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