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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: flashes
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 13:24:29 EDT
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Unless your camera does off the film flash metering, all a dedicated
flash provides is convenience (you don't have to set the shutter and the
aperture). Almost any automatic flash will work with a non-through-the-
lens-flash-metering camera.

I would recommend the Vivitar 283. It is relatively powerful, rugged and
there are loads of accessories available. It is a little old in design,
but that means that it is cheap (less than $40).
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