Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Weight of the 283
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:09:37 -0800

Raimo Korhonen wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> Your Made in China 283 must be really light as my Made in Japan one weighs
> about 350g (without batteries)
> All the best!
> Raimo
> Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
> 
When you use the remote power cord and drycell with a 283 you do so with no
batteries in the flash itself.
A huge weight difference than in most units even it's cousin the 285 which has
to have heavy working batteries in it at all times to make certain circuits work.
Mark Rabiner