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From: reid@Glacier.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Vivitar 285 power pack wanted
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Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 23:36:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 23:36:20 1984
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I have several Vivitar flashes including a 285. When I'm shooting heavy-duty
stuff where the flash has to be used a lot (e.g. weddings) I like to use the
HVP-1 high-voltage battery pack. This is a 510-volt battery in a plastic
box, with a cord that plugs into the keystone-shaped socket on the side of
the flash. It recycles in 1/2 second from a full-power flash, the battery
costs about $25 (list price $32), and the HVP-1 pack itself without the
battery is about $20 if I recall correctly.  The Mallory 510-volt battery
that I bought in August 1983 is still going strong, although its recycle
time has grown to about 1.5 seconds and I expect that I will have to buy a
new one soon. I have probably shot 100 rolls of film with it, which means it
has probably given me 3000 full-power flashes for my $25. 

	Brian Reid
	Stanford