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Battery Pattern for Vivitar 283
I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer
(he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? LRH |
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:26:22 -0700, "Larry R Harrison Jr"
wrote: I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? LRH You will have to contact Vivitar and order the holders or find a camera shop that will have them.. Colyn Goodson http://home.swbell.net/colyng http://www.colyngoodson.com |
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:26:22 -0700, "Larry R Harrison Jr"
wrote: I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? LRH You will have to contact Vivitar and order the holders or find a camera shop that will have them.. Colyn Goodson http://home.swbell.net/colyng http://www.colyngoodson.com |
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"ColynG©" wrote in message
... On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:26:22 -0700, "Larry R Harrison Jr" wrote: I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? LRH You will have to contact Vivitar and order the holders or find a camera shop that will have them.. You can still get the holders quite easily, and they aren't expensive: Vivitar always sold them as 'accessories' rather than as 'spare parts' because some people (me, for instance) liked to keep an extra one ready filled with batteries for a quick change over. Peter |
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"ColynG©" wrote in message
... On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:26:22 -0700, "Larry R Harrison Jr" wrote: I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? LRH You will have to contact Vivitar and order the holders or find a camera shop that will have them.. You can still get the holders quite easily, and they aren't expensive: Vivitar always sold them as 'accessories' rather than as 'spare parts' because some people (me, for instance) liked to keep an extra one ready filled with batteries for a quick change over. Peter |
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"Larry R Harrison Jr" writes:
I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? The 4 batteries connect in series, to make 6 volts. That leaves only the question of which of the two terminals in the flash (that the case connects to) should be positive, and which should be negative. That I *don't* know (closest I've got here is a 285). -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Wasn't it Larry R Harrison Jr who said...
I got two Vivitar 283s at a yard sale of a former newspaper photographer (he's won a Pulitzer prize) I only paid $6 for BOTH of them. He says they both work. Thing is, they're missing the battery cases so I'm trying to figure out the pattern the batteries go into the case. Also, what patterns the batteries connect to each other. Or, am I going to be totally without if I don't just get the case period? You could probably work out the pattern and fabricate a case for the batteries, but the stock battery holder usually goes for about $5 each. The holder works both in the 283 and the 285, so if you see one for one flash, it'll work in the other. Check KEH or e*ay - there are plenty out there. -- Joe Pucillo Baltimore, Maryland USA To reply by email, please remove the .xx |
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