Flash for the 500 cm

[Birger]

What kind of flash do you recommend for the 500 cm?
I need something manual. I once had a flash with meter where you could set the ASA on the flash. Simple and efficient and easy to adjust the amount of flash you want.
Any ideas ?

 

[blowupster]

The problem is to fix a flash on an Hasselblad !

My favorites flash these days are
Proflash Hasselblad when power is needed.
Metz 54 Z3 and Leica SF20 as these flashs have manual partial power very use full for strobist use.

 

[wbulte]

What kind of flash do you recommend for the 500 cm?
I need something manual. I once had a flash with meter where you could set the ASA on the flash. Simple and efficient and easy to adjust the amount of flash you want.
Any ideas ?

I happen to like Metz flash units. On a 500CM basically anything goes, as the camera does not offer any TTL-flash option. I have a Metz 60CT4 set (when I want to scare the locals ;-) / need lots of light) and a 45CT1. These flashes albeit old school are built like Soviet armour and just continue to work. Added bonus: they can be had for a couple of EUROs on camera fairs. Just make sure you budget for a decent rechargeable battery. The NiCd sets of the 45-series are basically junk when left in a cupboard for a couple of years. On the 60CT series you want a dryfit lead-acid battery. Allows you to switch-on the flash in the morning, and switch it off at midnight. OK, you have to carry the shoulder-carried generator but other than that: second only to the sun.. (OK, slight exaggeration here..)


Wilko

 

[Birger]

what flash

I was also looking at the metz and at a sunpack second last generation i can get new for cheap. But the only way of using this manually with a 500 cm is to adjust aperture according to the distance. I once had a flash that had its own sensor and i could set this sensor to the right ISO so the flash would cut when enough light. I used this together with a little slave that was triggered by the light of the first flash. This worked so easy and nicely. The main flash just adjusted for the slave.
I am having a sort of revival as amateur photographer after a 25 years break and i have forgotten a lot of the knowledge i had then. Cant remember the type.
Am i right when assuming this type of flash is not available anymore and the only way of using the flash with the 500 cm is to adjust aperture according to the distance to the subject?

 

[terrydent]

Look at a Metz 36-C2. Only about $100US. Has 3 automatic f stops f2,4 and 8. It is a shoe mount so you will need a bracket of some kind. Or were you looking for a handle mount?

Terry

 

[blowupster]

I have the light Metz 34 CS 2. It has 3 auto positions + M
And 2 slave modes (usual and pre-flash mode).
Perhaps what you need.
However any other flash with auto mode works fine.
Anyway, I needed to modify my Hassy gears or flashs to use it daily.

 

[wbulte]

I was also looking at the metz and at a sunpack second last generation i can get new for cheap. But the only way of using this manually with a 500 cm is to adjust aperture according to the distance. I once had a flash that had its own sensor and i could set this sensor to the right ISO so the flash would cut when enough light. I used this together with a little slave that was triggered by the light of the first flash. This worked so easy and nicely. The main flash just adjusted for the slave.
I am having a sort of revival as amateur photographer after a 25 years break and i have forgotten a lot of the knowledge i had then. Cant remember the type.
Am i right when assuming this type of flash is not available anymore and the only way of using the flash with the 500 cm is to adjust aperture according to the distance to the subject?

That is basically a non-TTL 'computer' flash. Plenty of them out there on the used market like on camera fairs.

I just acquired one, a Braun VarioZoom 340SCA, as part of me buying some used Pentax 35mm gear. Are you interested in it maybe?

Wilko

 

[ulrik]

My favourites for the 500C/M are the Metz units 45 CL-3 and 45 CL-4. They offer a wide range of auto positions, so you can more or less freely choose the aperture you like.

Ulrik