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   From: DH@news.net   
      
   "LindaY"  wrote in message   
   news:1112620862.273921.134760@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   > Michael Black wrote:   
   >   
   > I had a little Instamatic 110 camera that would take great photos off   
   > the television. You would set it for flash (to slow down the shutter   
   > speed enough so you wouldn't get the scan line across the TV), but   
   > not put the flashcube in. (Remember flashcubes? )   
   >   
   > Linda   
   >   
      
   Flashcubes were for sissies.  Not enough power!   
      
   I was using M3s or M3Bs or the even bigger bulbs associated with "press"   
   cameras.  Line up your family for a Christmas day photo and flash-blind them   
   for hours!   
      
   In fact, remember there were both clear and blue flashbulbs? Clear was OK   
   for black-and-white photography but you used blue for color.  I can't recall   
   if you had that choice in flashcubes.   
      
   Then there was the flip-flash.  The fun with that was to rig up a way to   
   fire the whole thing at once.   
      
   I also remember lots and lots of misfires with all of the bulb technologies.   
   My grandfather always licked the back of the bulb before loading it into the   
   flash and I don't believe that helped at all.  You'd stand there, watching   
   the camera, squinting but trying not to blink and all you'd get was a   
   'click' and you'd have to go through the whole process again until, finally,   
   a bulb went off and then you'd realize that you didn't see the afterimage of   
   the flash and you knew that in the photo your eyes would be closed.  Still,   
   when Dad asked if another shot was needed, you were the first to say "No!"   
   And then, "Don't touch the bulb - it's HOT!" "Ow! Ow! Ow!"   
      
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