[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflash Disaster
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:11:04 -0300
The Vivitar 283 has a flash duration from 1/1000 sec to 1/30000 sec,
it's good for a flash designed about 40 years ago.
The 283 was resurrected twice due to customer demand after to be in
production along 30 years. The Vivitar 283 origin was the Vivitar 260,
this unit was a Japanese National/Panasonic flash labeled Vivitar (a
lens manufacturer), it used 9v batteries which died very fast and then
Max Ponder, Vivitar owner with John Best, went to Japan and suggested
some improvements according the 260 users comment, the 260 had been a
successful flash from the '60s thanks to its innovative design.Taking
Max Ponder's suggestions in consideration, the Vivitar 283 appeared in
1970 outselling all its competitors combined and selling 3,000,000 by
1973.
The early 283 units made in Japan have a trigger voltage of 250v, they
are not suitable for digital and some electronic film cameras, later
units made in China and Korea have a trigger voltage from 5v to 12v
and then are fine for those cameras.
A 283 feature that liked very much for pro photographers was the
removable sensor, and coupled the Optional remote sensor cord, off
camera flash is possible with the gun still in auto mode, an
innovative feature at that time.
I have a 283 made in Korea and it works very fine with the Rollei TLR cameras.
Carlos
2009/12/8 Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> 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.
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> The big deal with the 283 was I believe the first use of a thyristor.
> It was a revelation revolution in flash.
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