Flashguns

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

Ken wrote:

> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are I
> imagine very useless.
>
> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay has
> none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?

I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year.
The only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to
buy something made for UW.

/m

"Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com> wrote in message
news:JZKog.33288$_k2.586256@news2.nokia.com...
> Ken wrote:
>
>> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are
>> I imagine very useless.
>>
>> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay
>> has none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?
>
> I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
> back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year. The
> only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to buy
> something made for UW.

Well it's not so much a problem that they've gone out of production, but
that their production has been taken over completely by another. If you look
at the Fuji websites at look at their latest UW strobe you'll see what
they've done is take a vivitar df-120, paint it black and put it in a box.
Have a look at
http://www2.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/d...r_accessories/ Sells for
£179 with an arm and bracket, £120 for the boxed flash.

Cameras underwater have a similar solution called Aquamir
http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/flash/aquamir.html selling for £125 inc
the slot tray.

OTOH my solution set me back £50.

As it happens I've found a supplier in New York, another in Dublin and one
in the UK. The most economical is the Irish seller, so it is he that shall
get my custom! £60 a pair inc VAT+ P&P.

Ken

"Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com> wrote in message
news:JZKog.33288$_k2.586256@news2.nokia.com...
> Ken wrote:
>
>> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are
>> I imagine very useless.
>>
>> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay
>> has none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?
>
> I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
> back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year. The
> only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to buy
> something made for UW.

Well it's not so much a problem that they've gone out of production, but
that their production has been taken over completely by another. If you look
at the Fuji websites at look at their latest UW strobe you'll see what
they've done is take a vivitar df-120, paint it black and put it in a box.
Have a look at
http://www2.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/d...r_accessories/ Sells for
£179 with an arm and bracket, £120 for the boxed flash.

Cameras underwater have a similar solution called Aquamir
http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/flash/aquamir.html selling for £125 inc
the slot tray.

OTOH my solution set me back £50.

As it happens I've found a supplier in New York, another in Dublin and one
in the UK. The most economical is the Irish seller, so it is he that shall
get my custom! £60 a pair inc VAT+ P&P.

Ken

"Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com> wrote in message
news:JZKog.33288$_k2.586256@news2.nokia.com...
> Ken wrote:
>
>> The flashguns are now somewhere very dark, very deep, very salty, and are
>> I imagine very useless.
>>
>> I cannot seem to locate a UK supplier of Vivitar DF120 flashguns. E-Bay
>> has none on sale. Any ideas, anyone?
>
> I think the problem is that they have gone out of production a while
> back. I've done some searching for them at the begining of the year. The
> only ones I found were so expensive that it was more reasonable to buy
> something made for UW.

Well it's not so much a problem that they've gone out of production, but
that their production has been taken over completely by another. If you look
at the Fuji websites at look at their latest UW strobe you'll see what
they've done is take a vivitar df-120, paint it black and put it in a box.
Have a look at
http://www2.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/d...r_accessories/ Sells for
£179 with an arm and bracket, £120 for the boxed flash.

Cameras underwater have a similar solution called Aquamir
http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/flash/aquamir.html selling for £125 inc
the slot tray.

OTOH my solution set me back £50.

As it happens I've found a supplier in New York, another in Dublin and one
in the UK. The most economical is the Irish seller, so it is he that shall
get my custom! £60 a pair inc VAT+ P&P.

Ken