Sunpak was a Japanese manufacturer of photographic equipment, namely third-party electronic flashes.
History Sunpak's first product, a compact flash unit called the Sunpak 7, was released in 1963, although the company was only incorporated in 1972. Sunpak was a popular brand of auto-thyristor flashes in the 1970s and 1980s. Along with on-camera and handle-mounted "potato masher" flashes, the company produced various flash accessories as well as a waterproof flash. In 2007 Sunpak — at the time the lighting division of Tocad Energy — was merged with Sea&Sea, a manufacturer of accessories for underwater photography; the combined entity was renamed to SEA&SEA SUNPAK Co.Ltd., while Tocad America continued to be the brand's U.S. distributor. By mid-2019, with no formal announcement, Sunpak's website was reverted to show Tocad Energy as the company's legal entity, while the 2007 corporate site (www.ss-sp.com) redirected to Sea&Sea's. In 2022 Sunpak's website was reduced to a single page in Japanese merely mentioning the discontinuation of support for all products.
List of products
AP-52 Handle Mount Flash Auto14 flash Auto 16R Pro Auto20 flash Auto 32B flash Auto 383 Super Auto 500 Auto zoom 600 flash D macro DC7 Flash G Flash PF20XD PF30X PZ40X PZ42X PZ5000AF RD2000 Remote Lite II
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