pico Posted July 17, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 17, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I Moved this from the CL thread to avoid hijacking. Quote:Originally Posted by Richardgb View Post BTW does anyone know if flashbulbs (and a suitable holder to fire them) are still made? Cave explorers and photographers of large interiors still use them. I have literally cases of flashbulbs, mostly Mazda/Edison based and #25s. Dealers were so happy to pull the stock from their basements years ago they went for a nickle on the dollar. Today they seem to start at $2 USD each in bulk and some nutcases are selling some for $10 USD each. You can still get them in bulk from an e*ay fellow called 'pacificrimcamera'. There is another fellow who specializes in flash bulb sales - Cress Photo - but his prices are so over the top I will let others find his URL. And they are still made in Ireland at something like $5 to $12 USD a pop. For holders, yes there are plenty but the most useful are the tall Graflex-type (a few people make them). The actual red-button Graflex flash goes for enormous money because they are the basis for the original Star Wars weapon props. You can get the kind that fit Leicas, of course, because Leica made their own, even before they had flash terminals, and there are lots of cheapo shoe mount versions. (Canon made a very clever flash-bulb unit for Leicas that had no flash terminals. Can supply pictures.) I've a lot of holders, too. They can be chained together for ultra multiple flashes. I've even got several that shoot three Edison based bulbs at a time - without using batteries (built in-magneto). I put them together myself from two different units each. I think they will sell more as a novelty, but they do work. (Three bulbs add one stop to the total l light). I have a couple Mazda #75 bulbs. They are so large and bright because they were used for night-time aerial recon. They actually scare me. I've never touched one off. PS: I've a tip for persons who would chain flashbulbs together in an existing, ordinary circuit to keep from blowing fuses - put one ordinary 40W bulb as the first in the chain. -- Pico who does not go quite as far back as flash-powder but has tried it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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