[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflash Disaster

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:34:27 -0500

I agree with this. The 285 was bulky and overblown with an emphasis on
useless features rather than sleek performance. A low voltage trigger
283 is still very much a great ally in the camera bag...


Eric Goldstein

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On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Two good reasons I stayed with the 283:
>
> Compared to the bulky, gimmicked-up 285, the Vivitar 283 is a sleek, elegant 
> item, a fine example of form meeting function.  It takes up less space in my 
> Domke jacket pocket and is snag free when pulling it out.  More important, 
> the 283 auto-exposure sensor setting for ASA 400 films allows stopping down 
> to f 5.6, while in a misguided attempt to stretch the maximum auto exposure 
> range a few extra feet, the 285 needs f4.  This is a critical DOF issue, both 
> for bounce and fill flash, so the 285 is dead to me.  OTOH, I have been using 
> 283s for thirty years now with 35 mm, MF and my digital Olympus E20.
>
> Allen Zak
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