That’s right. The practice was to use lamp cord for the wires, and pre-test the
setup using regular lamps. Then the light bulbs were changed out for flash
bulbs... and one sheet of film! Link had the complete cooperation of the
railroad- that series was basically a huge annual-report shoot.
BTW the great photographer David Plowden worked as an assistant to Link early
on.
Mark S
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On Mar 7, 2021, at 10:00 AM, BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ever hear of O. Winston Link? I first heard of him as a Frosh at RIT in
autumn 1969. Story goes that he shot this with flash bulbs, an accurate train
schedule, and VERY good timing!
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From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Hart
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2021 12:32 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Old Linhof flash
A photographer I worked with years ago told me about a "mass lighting event"
he did once. He was commissioned to shoot the new high school gymnasium
empty, probably in the 1940's. The gym had curved wooden arches supporting
the ceiling. He set up his 8x10 view camera in the top level of seats. He ran
a pair of wires from the camera position to the far side of each arch, where
he temporarily mounted a common light bulb socket (so that it would not show
in the photo). He put a flash bulb in each socket, turned off most of the
lights in the gym, opened his camera shutter, and touched the wires to a car
battery, firing them all off at the same time. He immediately took the film
back to his studio (about two blocks away), and developed it, while his
assistant removed the wiring and sockets. When the film was dry, he
discovered that one of the bulbs hadn't fired. The light was sufficiently
great and spread out enough, that if you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to
tell.
Copies of that photo can still be found in various school venues in Dubois
County, Indiana, with the name "Chase Studio" on them.
Ken Hart
kwhart1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 3/6/21 11:08 PM, Brian Smith (Redacted sender smithcbrian2 for DMARC)
wrote:
I've got about a dozen of the big ones as well. I wonder what the guide
number is? It's tempting to connect them all up in parallel and fire the lot
off all at once! Regards - Brian
On Sunday, 7 March 2021, 12:49:22 pm NZDT, Laurence Cuffe
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6 Mar 2021, at 23:41, Brian Smith (Redacted sender "smithcbrian2" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Laurence. Good thought. Actually, I'm not sure that I have the right
connector for it. I don't really need to get it going. It's just that I have
quite a few bulbs for it that have been lying around for decades, and I
relished the thought of using them so I could then justify throwing them out.
I know the feeling, I’ve still got some bulbs from this company
http://www.meggaflash.com/, Who are, I think, the last remaining ;
manufacturer of Flash bulbs, and I’m looking for a project. These Guys are
big, about the size of a standard household light bulb, and as you can see
from the example shot on the website, can pump out enough light for landscape
photography!
Best
Laurence.
On Sunday, 7 March 2021, 12:31:09 pm NZDT, Laurence Cuffe
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Possibly a capacitor, just to give the current more Oomph when it discharges.
The capacitor may be shot, but that should not be to difficult to replace, if
you are serious about getting it going.
Best
Laurence Cuffe
On 6 Mar 2021, at 22:40, Brian Smith (Redacted sender "smithcbrian2" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Richard. That's very helpful. I notice that the battery compartment is
only about half the height of the unit (top half), so what the bottom half
contains is a mystery, but could be a solenoid as you suggest. Regards - Brian
On Sunday, 7 March 2021, 11:11:19 am NZDT, `Richard Knoppow
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I couldn't find an instruction book for this but there may be
one out there. The minimum voltage for reliable firing of smaller
flashbulbs is 3V. I suspect that this had some sort of high
voltage battery in it. Most of the old style flash guns had at
least two cells but they were made to fire solenoid type
synchronizers reliably as well as igniting the bulb.
I need to go out now but may do a more thorough search later.
On 3/6/2021 1:21 PM, Brian Smith (Redacted sender smithcbrian2
for DMARC) wrote:
Hi folks
I recently acquired this (see attached photograph) from a
deceased estate, complete with several unused bulbs.
Does anyone know what type of battery it requires, please?
It looks as if it would accommodate a 1.5v "C" cell, but I
don't know that would be enough to trigger it.
Thanks - Brian
--
Richard Knoppow
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
WB6KBL
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