Re: flash problem

"kamerakid" <kamerakidat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:0PmdnSdXM6jUcJranZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I have a Samsung GX1L digital slr. I have been given a sturdy old Vivitar

>283 flash unit.
>
> At times, usually inside buildings and large rooms I need a more
powerful 
> flash that the inbuilt one.
>
> Where can I get a slave unit so that I can use this 283 without frying
the 
> Samsungs circuits please?
>
> I am happy to use the flash on a flashbar attached to the tripod socket 
> but am worried about what sort I need -  I presume that I will need one 
> which ignores the pre-flash too!
>
> Many thanks for any useful pointers.
>

is it dead yet?  can you open it and put a flea collar inside?

when I was a kid there used to be thousands of gnats around.
while changing lenses in the wild I wonder if this happens a lot.


Tom