Hello Carroll,

The flash was the model 643CS.  GN is 212 with ISO 100.  I
agree...it's the best kept secret of the flash world.  I've
had good results at 300+ ft and the computed wink light
gives amazingly natural looking fill light. I've got 2 of
them and watch eBay for them.  A few have recently gone
through there at widely ranging prices.  I doubt you'll
easily find one prior to the wedding, though.  Quantum made
a rig for them in conjunction with their Quantum 4 battery.  
They tend to eat batteries when pushed a bit and have a
really loud scream to them, too.  The original synch cord is
rather light duty and I've gone to good Paramount cords for
mine.

The closest modern unit I've seen is the Metz (45?) handle
mount with wink light.  I've heard good things about them
but they require some inve$tment.


On 17 May 03  18:25 Carroll Mcallister wrote to All...

 CM> As further evidence that I'm getting older, my oldest niece 
 CM> (she's 22 this year, and the oldest of all the nieces and 
 CM> nephews) is getting married the 07th of June of this year.

 CM> It's been quite a while since I've taken any wedding photos, and 
 CM> want to do this one right.  By the way, I took her parents' 
 CM> wedding photos.  

 CM> Anyway, I'm looking at trying to acquire an electronic flash unit
 CM> similar to one I had years ago, and miss.  I believe it was an 
 CM> Agfa SCA-300.  A "potato-masher"-style unit, with obligatory 
 CM> bounce (head rotated inside the lens unit), wide-angle to 
 CM> tele-lenses, and what I *really* miss, a fill flash unit on the 
 CM> front.

 CM> I'm looking for one similar to what I once had, that will work 
 CM> with the Canon AE-1 I was fortunate enough to acquire from Chris 
 CM> Kenward.

 CM> I've looked at the ProMaster units, as well as the one I've seen 
 CM> on www.adorama.com.

 CM> A local (to the office) camera store has a ProMaster flash with 
 CM> the tilt-swivel head, two automatic ranges, as well as dedicated 
 CM> mode for my AE-1, with the addition of the required module.  What
 CM> it *doesn't* have is the fill-flash on the front.

 CM> My question is, would I be able to achieve similar results by 
 CM> using a reflector card similar to what I used to use on my old 
 CM> Vivitar 283?

 CM> You know, point the flash head straight up, and attach either a 
 CM> white or a gray reflector card.

 CM> Of course, I'll be doing some available-light shots, but will 
 CM> also need to use the flash, for the majority of the "formal" 
 CM> shots.

 CM> The photos I used to take with the bounce/swivel/fill-flash 
 CM> combination looked great, with very little evidence they were 
 CM> shot with a flash, at least to the "untrained" eye.  


















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