Samsung GX-1L Pentax flash units????

I have just purchased a Samsung GX-1L digital camera and would like a
flashgun to go with it. I was used to my - still working - Vivitar 283 with
my Minolta X700 (that shows you how old I am)... what flashguns work from
the hotshoe with the Samsung - which I understand is almost a Pentax
please? I am also used to a swivel head so that I can alter the flash
direction and bounce too ... can you folks advise what options there are on
the second-hand (or new) market as I am not minded to spend over £150 for a
Samsung dedicated flash unit. Ta

 

Be Careful of using your 283 with digital Cameras there are more the none
283 some have a very high trigger voltage that's not compatible with the
more delicate electrical circuit's used on digital cameras. use of a slave
trigger will be save and you can still use the auto.

 

If you still have your Vivitar 283, use it on auto. Experiment to get
the ISO setting that works best with the camera - you can review shots
using the rear LCD on the camera. When you have the right ISO
setting, remember it and use it. Just remember that when you change
ISO on the camera, you must also change it on the flashgun.

It isn't really worth spending a lot of money on the Pentax dedicated
flash for the Samsung DSLR because the results with the Vivitar are
likely to be more consistent.

 

Get a hot-shoe voltage isolator (to protect your camera from the flash),
and use your Vivitar. See also: <http://www.strobist.com/>

 

Oddly, my *stDS is far happier triggering high voltage 283s than it is a low
voltage Vivitar ring flash.

Deep.

 

The DS is well isolated, the old 283 or 285 won't harm it at
all. The same can't be said for most dSLRs - including the
later Pentax and Samsung models.