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Wein Replacement Foot/Slave for Vivitar 283 & 285 Flash

Name: Wein Replacement Foot/Slave for Vivitar 283 & 285 Flash
Brand: Wein
SKU: WEFSV283
Price: 62.95 USD
Rating: 3.2 (9 reviews)

BH #WEFSV283 • MFR #990-400

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Wein Replacement Foot/Slave for Vivitar 283 & 285 Flash

Key Features

Optical Slave Range: 150'
Household-Style Sync Terminal
PC Sync Terminal
1/4"-20 Female Thread on Base

This Replacement Foot/Slave from Wein provides users the the ability to repair or replace a broken foot on a Vivitar 283 or 285 flash unit and add functionality with the addition of household-style and PC sync terminals, as well as a 1/4"-20 female thread on the base. This foot accepts the included H-prong optical slave and enables battery-free wireless triggering from up to 150' away with Surround Sync for omnidirectional usage. Also, the PC terminal enables simple wired setups. The base will easily mount to a tripod or light stand with the female thread and it includes all hardware necessary for attaching to the Vivitar flash. It does require a #0 screwdriver for complete installation.

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Wein 990-400 Overview

Compatible Flashes

Vivitar 283
Vivitar 285

UPC: 750062006204

Wein 990-400 Specs

Construction	Plastic with aluminum housing
Range	150' (45.7 m)
Mount	Shoe 1/4"-20 female thread

Packaging Info

Package Weight	0.1 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)	4 x 2.5 x 1.5"

Wein 990-400 Reviews

Just what I needed

By Anonymous

Rated 5 out of 5

Date: 2012-05-01

I picked up a Vivitar 283 and a 285 for a song recently. One of them didn't have the slave trigger any more so I needed this to make them both work with my Canon speedlight. This did the trick.

Solid repair for 285-name is misleading

By PivotalPhotog

Rated 4 out of 5

Date: 2009-07-01

Simple Simon and rock solid repair, but the description leads one to believe you are still left with hotshoe capabilities...not so. Works great when using with an umbrella stand as the base has standard threads. Non-digital slave works well enough. Essentially zero documentation, particularly regarding the H-prong non-digital slave which is included. I spoke directly to Wein and even they weren't able to explain why the non-digital slave built into the foot was accompanied by another non-digital H-prong. It would be a much better value and more flexible if the digital H-prong were substituted.

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Ok, I have read your product description and I have read the customer comments/reviews. I understand slave tech just fine( pre-flash synchronization/ digital / etl, etc.) Based on the description and comments, I am not clear if the shoe/slave piece (on the left in your photo) is designed to ignore pre-flash or if the bubble slave on the right will ignore pre-flash. Here is what I want to do - I want to use this with a Canon SX30is or SX40is . and Vivitar 283 /285 units. I have no use for a non-pre-flash slave. What are the model numbers of the units units included in this set? I probably only have a need for one of them.Thanks for your help!

Asked by: Anonymous

Neither slave has the function to ignore the pre-flash on a pop-up built in flash or a speed-light.The pop up flash on both the SX 30 and SX 40 have a pre-flash and in most cases will fool an optical slave.We do not have any programmable optical slaves that ignore the pre-flash.

Answered by: Robert K.

Date published: 2018-08-27

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