To: WAYNE_B_YOUNG{at}HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Re: Wedding Photos

W>The Vivitar 285 may be a good choice as you're familiar with Vivitar 283. It
W>will work with your Canon AE-1. The newer Canon flashes like the Speedlite

I'm familiar with the 285.  Never used one, but know it's the "step up"
from my old 283.  If I can't get one close to the Agfa unit I used to
have, the 283 or 285 would be one of my other choices. In fact, if it
weren't for the fact I really want the fill flash, the 283/285 would
probably be my number 1 choice.

W>Speedlite has 5 contact points that respond to the lens' zooming
W>positions...

The Promaster flash I looked at in the store, does have a module for the
Canon FD lens mount cameras.  The guy in the store wasn't sure if the
model with the built-in fill flash had a module for the Canon AE-1.  I
went to Promaster's web site, and found that they do.

However, I went to Ritz Camera/Camera World/Wolf Camera's family of web
sites, and found a Quantaray flash unit that is pretty close to what I
want.  Has a dedicated module for the Canon FD series lens mount
cameras, as well as a side-mount handle, with the appropriate extension
cord to leave the dedicated module on the camera's hot shoe.  As a side
benefit, the handle mount accepts four "C" cell batteries, so I'd
probably get more life out of them than I would the 4 "AA" batteries
this particular flash normally uses.

W>Vivitar 365 that requires a separate power pack. For close-up shooting with
W>fill, you can do what you did with the 283. Happy shooting!

It's going to be interesting, taking the wedding photos of a young lady
whom I also took baby photos of, when she was about 2 months old!  

W>Cheers, good to hear from you!    :)

Likewise.  


      -=> Carroll McAllister on 5/19/2003 at 10:15 PM <=-

Coming to you "almost live" from Searcy, Arkansas

carrollmcallister{at}earthlink.net




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