[rollei_list] Re: Using the Rollei 35 with Vivitar 283 flash
- From: Allen and Leslie Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:39:24 -0400
I have several 283s, my first from the late 1970s, but all I presently own
acquired since 1985. By then, the circuitry had been modified to work at a
safer level. At the time I had been completely ignorant of this issue, but
apparently dodged a bullet. Since first acquaintance with the 283, all my
portable flash photography on film since then has been with these units, even
some digital. It remains my favorite even today, although nostalgia now plays
a role.
Allen Zak
On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:05 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are many versions of the 283... some send 200 volts through the
> trigger contacts and others are 5 volts. There are web sites devoted
> to this topic and these old strobes...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Carlos mentioned:
>>
>> the Rollei 35 working with the Vivitar 283
>>
>>
>> A warning, discussed I think before on this list.
>>
>> I got one of the first 283's some time more than 30 years ago and I still
>> have it.
>>
>> I tested it once by manually connecting the hot shoe contacts. Wow, does it
>> put a load on the shutter flash contacts! I have used it on several cameras
>> with no apparent damage and still have it with all the accessories (light
>> angle spreading and narrowing, remote trigger, etc.), but no camera that I
>> can notice.
>>
>> I heard, on this list I think, that the design has been changed and there
>> are also adapters to reduce that contact load.
>>
>> In any case I suppose it's not much worse than the load of a BC flash pack
>> for flash bulbs.
>>
>> DAQ
>>
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