I saw a great documentary on O. Winston Link and how he did his great steam
train night photographs. Those huge flashbulbs are exactly the ticket, but
he would string like 50 or 100 of them together.
At the end of the documentary he set up for one last photograph using up
his remaining supply of flashbulbs, and, he fired the shutter without taking
the lens cap off (or he forget to pull the dark slide from the film holder,
I can't recall which). It was REALLY sad.
I think Mr. Link died recently, just within the last month or two.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] was Multiple unconnected flash pics? now Cave Pics
| >Many pictures from the 21/3.5 are in the 'Camps Gulf' section:
| >http://www.darklightimagery.net/campsgallery.html
| >
| >Also has some pictures of the mega-flash bulbs used for large cavern
| >photography.
| >
| >Very interesting site!
| >
| >Chip Stratton
|
| yeah, those meggaflash bulbs should be handled similar to ordinance.
Static
| electricity can ignite them. Never stick the smaller bulbs in your
pockets.
| There are stories of people getting severe burns from a pocketful of M3's
| lighting off. The meggaflash bulbs are about the size of standard
lightbulbs,
| and have the same screw base. All you need is a light socket, some wire,
and
| a small battery. I imagine one of these lighting off near your eyes would
| cause blindness, so use caution when handling them....
| --
| Be Seeing You.
| Dirk Wright
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