Posts Tagged ‘Vivitar 285HV’


Vivitar 285HV hacked to Add 3.5mm Mono Jack

This past Tuesday I had a shoot with a model down in the tunnels under Springfield. I brought along all my Strobist gear as usual, but I ran into a major malfunction with my flash. I had set it up around the corner down the tunnel to provide light for the tunnel walls in the background. However, the flash failed to fire 9 times out of 10. I spent way too much time in the dark trying to get the damned thing to work. Luckily, my model is also a good friend and was very patient with me. (more…)