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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