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Author Message   Jrcarden Tinkerer Username: Jrcarden Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2007 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 08:22 am:    Thanks for your help. I will make some time this weekend to compare the guts of the 283 with those of the 285 and I will report my findings here. I hope it will be as simple as swapping circuit boards. Don - If the comparison is favorable and the transplant successful then I will take you up on your offer of a working 283 as I should end up with a spare foot to replace the broken one on yours. Paul - Thanks for the link. Eventually I will try to mount a potentiometer to the sensor port so I can dial in the flash duration--ultimate control. I think my biggest challenge will be to make it look halfway decent and not like some reject from the Frankenflash factory. As I proceed I will take every precaution not to allow the magic smoke to escape the electronics. --Jim C.