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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Kodak film formats
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:07:34 -0700
on 9/8/03 5:23 PM, Garry D. Lewis at erind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> The Graflex must have been quite a sight at a wedding.  It was big enough
>> to wear its own cumberbund !!
> 
>> Jamie
>> Fort Myers, FL
> 
> An don't forget that this was the days before electronic flash, lens wider
> than f/3.5, and film speeds no higher than ASA 200.
> 
> Yours low and slow and with a pocket full of
> bulbs,
> 
> Garry D. Lewis
> 
> I think they're all potty

Those old bulbs put out a -lot- of light; they had to with the slow film of
that era. I was looking at a box of old M2 bulbs I have, and the guide
number for ISO-100 with a 3" reflector is 180. I suspect that's more than a
T-32 would put out...
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...




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