There's a Rilex 6x9 camera up on ebay at the moment, Z220523043341 ?? is there any connection? All the best Larry Cuffe On Tuesday, December 08, 2009, at 01:44AM, "David Sadowski" <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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 > >- 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 > > > --- 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