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RE: [OM] Better Flash recs & handle mounted flash Q

Subject: RE: [OM] Better Flash recs & handle mounted flash Q
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 08:22:27 EST
>
>I think the last time I used flashbulbs was before Australia 
standardised on
>Metric, perhaps it's a "retro" idea in keeping with flashbulbs.  

no, flahsbulbs produce a softer, more flattering light than electronic 
flash. Flashbulbs are just a hassle to use.

>By the way,
>where can you get a flashgun which uses those giant bulbs or since 
it's a
>"standard" Edison screw base, what sort of circuit do you need to fire 
it ?
>I presume the flash contacts in something like an OM would be a bit
>"delicate" for a flash like that.
>
>Wayne Harridge

I have one for sale. 30$. good shape except for a crack in the screw on 
cover for the battery chamber. It takes two D cells. It's all chrome 
too. 

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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