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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