I remember when I first went to work for the airplane factory, we had a big
box of old bulbs. Some were about the size of a 100 watt bulb, and had a
regular edison base. We would put one in a desk lamp where someone would
turn it on and what a flash!
Those really could put out the light!
Bill Pearce
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From: usher99@xxxxxxx [mailto:usher99@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:07 PM
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Subject: [OM] Burning OM question
Bill Pearce writes:
>I havw seen old graphlex era flash guns at olld camera swap meets and
at
>junk stores.
>Good luck!
Thanks,
The Graflex site has some interesting FB data. They also note that ye olde
press photogs often had burns on their legs from carrying FB's in their
pockets---warned others not to do this as static electricity can ignite
them. That's gotta hurt.
http://graflex.org/flash/technical.html
Found some GN info on the GE bulbs--5000 lumens I think.
http://www.flashbulbs.com/CrPDwnlds/FlashInfoPdf1Sm.gif
The #6 seems to have flat output from 20 to 40 msec.
http://www.flashbulbs.com/CrPDwnlds/FlashInfoPdf2Sm.gif
I thought even Dr. Flash might make an exception for auto here---can't
really meter the exposure, can't use digital in FP mode to experiment, and
bracketing is not easy either.
I saw some reference that FB meters were made, but I can't find much info.
Arm chair speculation whether the strategy will work or not is welcome.
Keepin the FB's out of my pockets , Mike
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