Vivitar 2800, is it any good?

nickzou

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I just got it as a gift off another photographer. All I can tell is that it is an older flash. Not many reviews on it on the internet, is it still good? Based off the guide number, I think it should suit my purposes just fine. But then again, I'm still REALLY new to this. Is this like the Vivitar 285 where I can't put it on my camera's hotshoe?
 
So after not getting any replies and a few internet searches I finally decided to put the flash on my D7000 and hoped for the best. I set it to ASA 200, I dialed in the appropriate aperture and fired it off. It looks great. I bounced it off the sealing of my room and it looked even better. It's like a 10 dollar flash. I'm assuming it doesn't recycle all that fast but other than that... I think I like it. I'm not exactly sure if "you get what you paid for" applies in this case (disregarding that I got it as a gift).
 

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