Sunpak 383 Super Auto Flash

★★★★★

4.6

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4 star		18
3 star		2
2 star		0
1 star		0

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★★★★☆

4.3

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The Sunpak 383 Super has been very popular for years, and endures today as a sensible choice for photographers desiring strength, reliability and value in a travellable size. The manual, undedicated 383 Super is simple to use, with three aperture-priority exposure settings and a great manual power scale. Its combined guide number of 120'(37 m) and ~63° illumination angle remains hard to beat. Add the optional battery pack and an optical slave, and you'll have a great second light for speedy, powerful background room illumination to go with your TTL system upon your camera(choose a "digital" optical slave is triggering the 383 Super off-camera from a preflash-emitting TTL system from Canon, Metz Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, etc).

Specification	Description
Model	0383
UPC	090729100204
Dedication	Non-Dedicated
Guide Number ISO 100	101 - 150

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★★★★★

5.0

Great Flash

"My wife and I use these (I purchased 3) for a home basement studio. Sometimes I shoot bare and other times through an umbrella and they always work great. I wanted to get the Vivitar 285HV but I heard they were "re-discontinuing" them due to failures and other issues. I was not sure that was true but I figured if both the Sunpak 383 and the Vivitar 285HV had good reviews, why not go for the one that has less i..." Read Full Review »

Jun 18, 2008 by CGiles

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3.0

Does Not fit Lumix FZ50

"I don't no how well it works. I just bought it as a recommended flash with the Lumix FZ50, but it does not fit. it fits my Lumix FZ20 and my old Minolta SLR. Now I will have to return it. Expertise: Medium amature Previous Equivalent Item Owned: Minolta..." Read Full Review »

Jun 18, 2007 by Will

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5.0

"My wife and I use these (I purchased 3) for a home basement studio. Sometimes I shoot bare and other times through an umbrella and they always work great.

I wanted to get the Vivitar 285HV but I heard they were "re-discontinuing" them due to failures and other issues. I was not sure that was tru …" Read Full Review »

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Jun 18 2008

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★★★★☆

4.0

"I like the "old style" of this strobe: you set your camera on manual settings: I use f8; set the shutter on 1/60 sec.; ISO to 400; set the strobe on the yellow automatic setting and let it rip! It does the rest. What is REALLY neat about this strobe is it's manual settings: you can TELL IT how muc …" Read Full Review »

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Apr 15 2008

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Very Good Off-Camera Flash/Strobe

★★★★☆

4.0

"I purchased the Sunpak 383 to use exclusively as a strobe (triggered by Elinchrom Skyport) and I am I am glad I did. It packs plenty of power and the swiveling head is why I purchased the Sunpak 383 over the Vivitar 285HV. Controls are fully manual and there is no flash zooming, but I rarely use t …" Read Full Review »

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Feb 21 2008

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Excellent flash for the buck!

★★★★☆

4.0

"Excellent flash for doing portraits. The variable output lets you put the flash exactly were you need it, specially with the movable head, and control the output to get the perfect amount of light to your subject.

I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because there's no zoom head and it's a tad heavy for som …" Read Full Review »

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5.0

"I've owned a 383 for about 3 years now and I have to say it's never let me down. Powerful enough to illuminate a living room with vaulted ceilings, and still able to handle auto-aperture use at the dinner table.I'd say it's durable. It has gone on its fair share of road trips surviving most of the t …" Read Full Review »

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Great Flash

Does Not fit Lumix FZ50

Great Flash

Highly recommended, but...

Very Good Off-Camera Flash/Strobe

Excellent flash for the buck!

Great Value

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