[rollei_list] Re: Flashbulbs

  • From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:10:32 -0400

On May 31, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:

>  I've used lots of flash bulbs over the years. One of my
> memories is of the frying noise and burning plastic odor of
> the plastic coating and the crunch of bulbs under foot.
> Nasty messy things they were but fun to use.
>
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA

During down times at the pressroom, one of my favorite time wasters was 
to punch the "eject" button on the back of the Speed Graphic flashgun 
to propel used #5 flashbulbs into a wastebasket.  A seasoned pro could 
sink 9 out of ten at 10 feet.  That's a form of fun lost to subsequent 
generations.

Allen Zak

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