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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 270133" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Yeah, times were different back then. You have two flashes, each a little different, but probably the same idea.... that one has the sliders for ASA, aperture and distance, and the other has the rotating dial for same three values, same thing.</p><p></p><p>The manual tells you (in Manual mode), to determine the distance to subject and enter it, and also the f-stop, into those dials (and ASA too). I don't think that will always be full manual power. The idea is it will be the right power for the numbers you entered, less than full power when necessary.</p><p></p><p>You should be able to just enter reasonable guesses for those values, and then adjust them (lie to it when necessary) if you need a different result than you get. </p><p>Even if you could enter a manual level, you would still have to adjust it to be the right value (to give you the exposure you want).</p><p></p><p>So if you want it to be brighter, tell it greater distance, larger fstop number, and/or lower ASA. </p><p></p><p>Double ASA is one stop down (ASA is numerically equal to ISO... ASA was the old American standard, which was adopted by international ISO organization. That was 1974, so your flash probably dates back to at least then).</p><p></p><p>After such adjustment, it won't actually matter what the numbers are, but the relative combinations should affect the power level (within limits, until you max out). </p><p>The one says GN is 80, which is decent, comparable to a SB-700 at 24mm zoom.</p><p></p><p>You will just have to experiment a little with them, if they still work.</p><p></p><p>Unrequested advice:</p><p></p><p>IMO, we don't have to live like that, and since you have a D610, my guess is you can probably afford a couple of modern flashes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So FWIW, the Yongnuo YN560II ($60 Amazon.com) or the Neewer TT560 ($40 Amazon.com) are manual flashes (no TTL in those models) which will run circles around those old ones. New, and stronger power level, includes built-in optical slaves, modern controls, etc. Note that both of those have Hundreds of 5 star user ratings there, people like them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 270133, member: 12496"] Yeah, times were different back then. You have two flashes, each a little different, but probably the same idea.... that one has the sliders for ASA, aperture and distance, and the other has the rotating dial for same three values, same thing. The manual tells you (in Manual mode), to determine the distance to subject and enter it, and also the f-stop, into those dials (and ASA too). I don't think that will always be full manual power. The idea is it will be the right power for the numbers you entered, less than full power when necessary. You should be able to just enter reasonable guesses for those values, and then adjust them (lie to it when necessary) if you need a different result than you get. Even if you could enter a manual level, you would still have to adjust it to be the right value (to give you the exposure you want). So if you want it to be brighter, tell it greater distance, larger fstop number, and/or lower ASA. Double ASA is one stop down (ASA is numerically equal to ISO... ASA was the old American standard, which was adopted by international ISO organization. That was 1974, so your flash probably dates back to at least then). After such adjustment, it won't actually matter what the numbers are, but the relative combinations should affect the power level (within limits, until you max out). The one says GN is 80, which is decent, comparable to a SB-700 at 24mm zoom. You will just have to experiment a little with them, if they still work. Unrequested advice: IMO, we don't have to live like that, and since you have a D610, my guess is you can probably afford a couple of modern flashes. :) So FWIW, the Yongnuo YN560II ($60 Amazon.com) or the Neewer TT560 ($40 Amazon.com) are manual flashes (no TTL in those models) which will run circles around those old ones. New, and stronger power level, includes built-in optical slaves, modern controls, etc. Note that both of those have Hundreds of 5 star user ratings there, people like them. [/QUOTE]
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