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01/27/2010 02:04:41 AM · #1 |
| Got mine today, and it also toasted today. Tested good, then I left it turned on sitting on the desk. Every other Vivitar I have is fine that way and turns itself off after a few minutes of non-use. This one eventually emitted a loud pop, accompanied by a burn smell. Batteries were hot when removed. My assumption is that it continued to charge the capacitor until it blew. Maybe mine was defective, but I wanted to give a warning to those that bought one. |
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01/27/2010 08:48:47 AM · #2 |
| Ouch. Glad you didn't have a fire. |
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01/27/2010 03:23:01 PM · #3 |
| Bump for the daytime crowd and also to say that 1saleaday's customer service has already responded to me. They are going to ship me a replacement. |
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01/27/2010 03:34:48 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Bump for the daytime crowd and also to say that 1saleaday's customer service has already responded to me. They are going to ship me a replacement. |
Two! Two burning flashes! Muhahahaha! (my best text imitation of the Count from Sesame Street) |
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01/27/2010 03:43:38 PM · #5 |
Ooh, I haven't powered mine up yet....I'll keep an extinguisher nearby!
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01/27/2010 03:52:55 PM · #6 |
| Mine worked alright, but I can't seem to find any use of it, every time I tried it, it seems like the flash is not adding any light .. hopefully one of you can point me to the right direction... I am using this as a slave with another sb-600 triggered by the commander mode of my d80 |
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01/27/2010 04:00:33 PM · #7 |
| Vikas, as you using all the flashes in manual. Sounds like its not sinking with the nikon flashes. Could be going off with the preflash. |
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01/27/2010 04:04:32 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by RamblinR:
Vikas, as you using all the flashes in manual. Sounds like its not sinking with the nikon flashes. Could be going off with the preflash. |
Until it fried, mine was working on the S2 setting, which ignores the first preflash and fires on the second one it sees. It's not a powerful flash, but my test shots did show that it made a difference. |
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01/27/2010 04:14:00 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by RamblinR:
Vikas, as you using all the flashes in manual. Sounds like its not sinking with the nikon flashes. Could be going off with the preflash. |
Until it fried, mine was working on the S2 setting, which ignores the first preflash and fires on the second one it sees. It's not a powerful flash, but my test shots did show that it made a difference. |
I am using it on S2 as well - i used it the day i got it - I will try it again tonight .. its been sitting on my desk without being used since then.
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