> Years ago, I knew Doyle Riley, who had his own line of studio flash > equipment called Rilex. He died in 1994. > > Anyhow, he told me he had been the one who coined the name Vivitar. I > believe he was involved in creating the Vivitar 283. (Riley was a > strobe genius- his Rilex equipment was small and powerful, and late in > life he synched up strobes at Madison Square Garden so they would not > show up on TV.) > > Doyle Riley's explanation of the name Vivtar was a combination of the > words "vivid" and "tar," which was a common tag on the end of names > like Ektar. This conjured up the notion of something vivid and sharp. > --- > Rollei List The big deal with the 283 was I believe the first use of a thyristor. It was a revelation revolution in flash. Mark William Rabiner --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list