Vintage Vivitar Macroflash 5000-used-working-original box

This is an unsed working unit, sadly the tiny lungs for the battery compartment are broken so it will need to be taped to hold batteries in place. The unit works as it should.

Vivitar Macroflash 5000 Ring Light/Macro Flash, with 49mm 52mm & 55mm lens adapter ring and sync cord.

Flash runs on two 'AA' batteries not included.

The Vivitar Macroflash 5000 was a popular option in the 80s and the specific unit was badged by Vivitar and was also available in various brand names from the likes of Cobra, Starblitz and Centon.

It’s a fairly low power basic unit and was an affordable entry into the world of ring flash photography.

Around the back the flash has an on/off button that glows green to show power on, a ready light that glows orange when the ringflash is charged this doubles up as a test button. There’s also a 2.5mm sync socket for the flash sync cable and an exposure scale.

On the front is an auto manual switch. If you set to auto the sensor on the front of the flash cuts the power so it’s correct for the auto aperture that’s been selected. You determine which aperture to use via the scale on the back.

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