How to modify a Vivitar 283 flash / speedlight for variable output

Below should be an embedded video of the 'how to' I made showing how to modify/hack the Vivitar 283 flash to make it an adjustable variable output flash. I made two versions, a 3 minute and an 18 minute version. Each shows the steps, one is quicker than the other. If you are tech-savy and handy in the slightest you will probably be just fine watching the 3 minute video. Feel free to watch both, they have the video clips (with much editing) but I voiced each one differently.



Here are the links, just in case:
Vivitar 283 adjustable flash hack - 18 min

Vivitar 283 adjustable flash hack - 3 min



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Nikon and Canon DSLR comparisons, specs, model, chip, pixels, video, price

I've been wanting to look up the main differences and specs on Nikon and Canon DSLR's for a while. I finally did with the results below:

The (ss) in the Video column means that the LCD viewing screen on the back of the camera body is on a hinge and 'Swings' out. The Nikon D5000 hinges on the bottom and the Canon bodies hinge on the left side of the screen as you look at the back.

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Iowa Blackie caught the westbound...

I met Blackie last year at the National Hobo Convention in Britt Iowa while I was there with a friend shooting footage for a small documentary on the Hobo Convention and some of the attendees.
Blackie was one of the first guys we met and one of the more genuine fellows we talked to. I knew him just a short time (just for four days) until we left to come back to Omaha but he's one of those guys who you won't forget.

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Musical slideshow

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

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I worked on a self-photo today, I've learned a few cool things using Photoshop with layer masks. I try to make the photos not so crazy but at the same time, make them different and noticeable.















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Happy Birthday Pat Wilson

Last Saturday my family and I were invited to a birthday celebration for our friend Pat Wilson. Cameras of both kind were in order and a video was born. It was a fun time, I even got to play some ping pong.


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Duckface by Zeppelin before it was cool

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Nice shadows.

I saw this nice morning scene the other day. I tweaked my cell phone camera (HTC Incredible, 8 MgPix res)for a finer photo and snapped it off.

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Photos: Boat, Park and Shoes

 Below are a few photos I recently shot.


 The boat at the Heartland of America park in the Con Agra campus.


Shot at the Heartland of America park.


Just some pretty cool shoes. The owner is in the photo set in the link below.

Click the link to view these and other photos in my Downtown/Old Market   Flickr photo set.

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911 call center tour

Last Wednesday (10/20/2010) my son and I met up  with the other scouts and leaders in his scout troop and had a tour of the Douglas County 911 call center. The pic is kinda dark, but so was the call center.

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Thank Goodness Its Friday

Picture taken early morning on Friday October 22. The day proved to be as nice as it looked.

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It just keeps coming

We have been blessed with this beautiful/perfect weather for the last two weeks if not a little longer. Below is a pic of the forecast from two days ago and a picture take out at Boystown yesterday right after I took Rachel to her Dr. Appt.

Chilean Miners rescued

Today they brought up the Chilean miners that were trapped for 69 days. I watched at work in a live pop up window from CNN. It was cool to see the end result.

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Last Farmers Market - 2010

Last Saturday was the last Farmers Market for the year. I went down there around 9 and just hung out and shot a few pics here and there but not a lot of anything really except talking to some really cool people.

Central Eagles vs Creighton Prep

Tonight we are at the Central Prep football game which is being played at Rosenblatt Stadium.

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Now there are four...

Last night I showed my girls how to run the lawnmower and cut the grass. I know this, my son knows it now now the girls do. Now there are four.

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Vala's Pumpkin Patch 2010

Thais past weekend the family and I went to Vala's Pumpkin Patch for our annual pumkin experience. This year we got to take our exchange student Rachel. She had fun as well as our kids. The weather was perfect.

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Just way too nice

I couldn't resist another post of how perfect today is. It is truely a day worth remembering. I can see at least 50 other people enjoying the same.

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Me and two others

Today is about as perfect as a day can get. Only myself and two others roode our motorcycles today... shame, y'all are missing out.

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Mike and Fred

I found this photo surfing around the web this morning, interestingly mundane photo of two of the (to be) most flamboyant entertainers in pop/rock music.

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