Slave flash for digital camera

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eganders@yahoo.com writes:
> I have been looking at the Digi-slave Deluxe 3000 Slave Flash for
> Digital Cameras (Guide No. 110') from B & H for $130 and Metz 28
> CS-2 Digital Slave Flash for Digital Cameras also for $130 from B &
> H. Does anyone have experience with these and other solutions and
> comments about these flashes as far as flash power relative to the
> old flash units like my Minolta Auto 280?

The Minolta 280 has a GN of 60 (ft.) or 18 (m.) - which is pretty
weak.

I would go for a couple of Vivitar 283s or 285s (GN 220, ft.) and use
a cheap radio slave flash trigger setup as discussed on this web page:
http://folk.uio.no/gisle/photo/gt301b.html

You can get the Vivitars for less that $40 each off eBay, and
the radio slave kits for less than $30, which means that
flash + trigger is less han $70. That's about half of what the
Digi-slave Deluxe 3000 Slave Flash for Digital Cameras will cost
you - and the Vivitar has twice the power.
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- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
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