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Re: [OM] dim bulbs

Subject: Re: [OM] dim bulbs
From: OM4Ti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:00:28 -0500
Then Kodak came out with the flip flash giving you eight shots. Polaroids
used the FlashBar 10 on the SX-70 cameras with five flashes per side giving
you enough flashes to match a Polaroid film pack



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From: "R. Jackson" <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] dim bulbs


> Yeah, but they weren't the same as using a strobe, were they? You'd get
> one of those long, narrow boxes of bulbs and each one was a little
> explosion you'd caused. They were hot and when the plastic ones came
> out, deformed, after you'd used them. When you looked at your photo it
> was your mastery of elemental fire that illuminated the faces in the
> image you'd struck. Not to get all prosaic about it, but it was really
> something to use a flashbulb. Even flash cubes were cool in their own
> way. I remember seeing my first Kodak instamatic and thinking, "Man,
> you can fire off four in a row on this puppy." And you could. ;-)
>
> -Rob
>
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:08  PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
> > Let's have a show of hands... Who out there has even
> > seen a #6 (GE/Phillips) or #26 (Sylvania) flashbulb?
> > Me, me, me, me.... I've even used them.
> > OK, you two - have you seen one within the last 20 years?
> > Well, no.....
> > Bill Pearce
>
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