Tiny hot shoe flash?

[Forest_rain]

I'm looking for a tiny hot shoe flash for my Vitomatic II. Camera is quite small so it'd be silly to have a large flash mounted on it.

Flash uses a PC sync socket, so I'd need one compatible with it.

Any recommendations?

 

[charjohncarter]

I don't get it. Do you want a flash to use in a hot shoe or one with a cable to go to the PC socket on the camera? Their are plenty of small hot shoe flashes, but one with a cable I don't know. I use a small converter mounted into the hot shoe when I use a non-cable flash.

 

[BillBingham2]

Vivitar 252 if you can find a working one. Good mix of power, size, and 2 AA Batteries.

B2 (;->

 

[madNbad]

I have a 253 (9 volt battery) very basic, hot shoe or sync cord, 3 settings, manual, auto close and auto distance. No bounce but it was five dollars.

 

[Godfrey]

I have a Nikon SB-30 flash unit which fits this bill for me. Very compact, multiple manual power settings, auto-in-flash capability, and typically about $50 to $65 from Ebay. Takes a Lithium CR123 battery and gets a huge number of flashes per battery. If I need a PC cord connection, a $6 adapter provides it.

G

 

[Forest_rain]

I don't get it. Do you want a flash to use in a hot shoe or one with a cable to go to the PC socket on the camera? Their are plenty of small hot shoe flashes, but one with a cable I don't know. I use a small converter mounted into the hot shoe when I use a non-cable flash.

I guess I should have said "cold shoe flash". The vitomatic II has a cold shoe on the top and uses PC sync cable to fire.

 

[wwfloyd]

Sunpak Auto 121 is small, shoe mounted, with built-in (and stowed) PC cable. Has a single auto setting, or manual. Uses 2x AA batteries.

 

[charjohncarter]

If you had a hot shoe I was going to send you this:

small flash by John Carter, on Flickr

but I use the Vivitar 2600-d with a converter at times (about the same size as the 252, but again it needs a converter)(plus it is a little newer so it doesn't completely discharge with each flash, so cycle time is shorter on auto and battery life is longer)(and 4 AA batteries vs 2).

 

[Dan Daniel]

Sunpak Auto 121 is small, shoe mounted, with built-in (and stowed) PC cable. Has a single auto setting, or manual. Uses 2x AA batteries.

^^^^ this ^^^^ about the size of a deck of cards (but thicker) 2-1/2" by 3-1/2 inch

 

[charjohncarter]

Whichever one you choose. Be careful these shoe holders and battery covers are old plastic. And lots of them are broken. The Sunpak Auto 121 looks like a good one but it would be nice to have it checked out. When digital came along everybody gave me their old flashes about 1/3 had something wrong with then.

 

[Huss]

Yep I wrote about the Sunpak 121 here:

https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170252

 

[BillBingham2]

Whichever one you choose. Be careful these shoe holders and battery covers are old plastic. And lots of them are broken. The Sunpak Auto 121 looks like a good one but it would be nice to have it checked out. When digital came along everybody gave me their old flashes about 1/3 had something wrong with then.

I wish I enough knowledge to breath life back in my old Vivitar 192, and find a couple of illusive AA battery packs (I think only sold in Japan).

B2 (;->

 

[Forest_rain]

Ended up going with the vivitar 253. It was only $5. Hopefully it's small enough, hard to tell the size, the 121 looks a little bit smaller but will see once I get it, for $5 can't fail too hard.