[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflash Disaster

  • From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:55:21 -0500

> 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



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