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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 509444" data-attributes="member: 24285">What does a dollar get you today?Well at our local second hand clothing store - when hunting for a Cat in the Hat stuffie (what grand-parents won't do eh?)&nbsp; I happened upon a Vivitar 2800-D Auto Thyristor.&nbsp; It looked in very good shape, not banged up or scratched.&nbsp; Asked the clerk how much?&nbsp; She said - &quot;oh give me a dollar for it, we don't know if it works or anything about it&quot;&nbsp; So a dollar it was.Took it home, dropped in 4 AA batteries and pressed the fire button - flash fired. Found the manual on line - this is vintage - as in 1980's vintage.&nbsp; the &quot;-D'&quot; was for minolta and olympus 35mm cameras.&nbsp; But when I mounted it onto my D610 it fired.&nbsp; of course it is not digital.&nbsp; Not sure what they mean by &quot;auto&quot;.&nbsp; It has three settings.&nbsp; A1 A2 and M.&nbsp; My interpretation is Bright - Brighter and Brightest.&nbsp; I'm thinking I'll pick up a cheap optical trigger ($6 ish down by d'Bay) and use it for background and kicker lighting.&nbsp; To adjust the lighting one could use flash filters or soft box covers and bounce it.&nbsp; Head does tilt.&nbsp; Anyone use a vintage flash like this? [ATTACH]187890[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 509444, member: 24285"] What does a dollar get you today? Well at our local second hand clothing store - when hunting for a Cat in the Hat stuffie (what grand-parents won't do eh?) I happened upon a Vivitar 2800-D Auto Thyristor. It looked in very good shape, not banged up or scratched. Asked the clerk how much? She said - "oh give me a dollar for it, we don't know if it works or anything about it" So a dollar it was. Took it home, dropped in 4 AA batteries and pressed the fire button - flash fired. Found the manual on line - this is vintage - as in 1980's vintage. the "-D'" was for minolta and olympus 35mm cameras. But when I mounted it onto my D610 it fired. of course it is not digital. Not sure what they mean by "auto". It has three settings. A1 A2 and M. My interpretation is Bright - Brighter and Brightest. I'm thinking I'll pick up a cheap optical trigger ($6 ish down by d'Bay) and use it for background and kicker lighting. To adjust the lighting one could use flash filters or soft box covers and bounce it. Head does tilt. Anyone use a vintage flash like this? [ATTACH=CONFIG]187890._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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