Thanks. It's interesting, there seem to be two models. DR-5000 which is a strobe http://www.vivitar.com/products/9/flashes-and-accessories/1123/dr-5000 and a DR-6000 which is an LED ringlight. http://www.vivitar.com/products/9/flashes-and-accessories/1124/dr-6000
They also seem to be listed as having the same guide number. On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:38 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > dont know if its suitable for you or not but this is the item number: > EBAY Item number: 330758114943 > > ----------------- > J.C.O'Connell > [email protected] > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J.C. > O'Connell > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:25 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Anybody got a line on an inexpensive ring flash? > > there are vivitar generic ring led flashes on ebay for about $70 > GN of 60 at ISO 100, pretty powerful. Not sure if they have manual > flash power control or not. model DR-6000 > > ----------------- > J.C.O'Connell > [email protected] > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Anybody got a line on an inexpensive ring flash? > > Unfortunately, when I started digging into what it would cost to upgrade my > tripod/monopod heads, and do it right, it rapidly exceeded my birthday > present budget. I was trying to photograph a spider eating a fly this > afternoon, and tried several variations of the flash, including my el cheapo > passive ringflash adapter, which threw away too much light for what I was > trying to do. > > I don't have $500 to buy the Pentax ring flash, at least not new. I don't > care if it's pure manual operation. I'd like it to be powerful enough that > I could also use it for fill when doing portrait photography. I think I'd > prefer flash to LED, because if I'm hand holding a macro shot, anything > that'll help freeze motion is helpful. Especially if I'm photographing a > flower and it's at all breezy outside. > > Anybody have any recommendations of flashes to look at? Or, for that > matter, ones to avoid? Or know of any awesome deals on a used one. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
