More camera dealer slime

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I saw this in with places offering the Olympus FL-50, a $500+ flash
unit. This thing from China looks "kind" of like a Vivitar 285,
except that it's sensor is fixed, but the style and battery door
position appear to be like the Vivitar. No doubt some Chinese
knock-off of the Japanese product.
-Rich

http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_s [...] id=1603293

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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:56:02 GMT, Jeff <j@donotspam.me> wrote:

>RichA <none@none.com> wrote in
>news:8kam61losfvl9phh91favv267d88c23qr9@4ax.com:
>
>> I saw this in with places offering the Olympus FL-50, a $500+ flash
>> unit. This thing from China looks "kind" of like a Vivitar 285,
>> except that it's sensor is fixed, but the style and battery door
>> position appear to be like the Vivitar. No doubt some Chinese
>> knock-off of the Japanese product.
>> -Rich
>>
>> http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_s [...] 387296&lot
>> _id=1603293
>
>"Japanese product"? Vivitar is an American marketing company that
>contracts with Asian factories to build stuff with their name. The FL-50
>and 285 are likely made side-by-side in the same factory.

Probably now, but my 283 was made in Japan.
-Rich

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Jeff <j@donotspam.me> wrote:
>"Japanese product"? Vivitar is an American marketing company that
>contracts with Asian factories to build stuff with their name. The
>FL-50 and 285 are likely made side-by-side in the same factory.


It is many years since Vivitar was American. The American company
went bust a long time ago. The rights to the Vivitar brand name and
some of the Vivitar products were purchased by Cosina of Japan.

All Vivitar products are now manufactured by Cosina. Most are merely
poor quality Cosina products with the Vivitar brand name on them,
although the 283/285 flash guns appear to be similar to the original
Vivitar products.