[SML] Advancing development of a new flash for antique cameras

[Mike Voytko]

I believe the OP’s concern was that flash bulbs (esp. the old style ejectable ones) are no longer readily available.
(Happy to be wrong about this—anyone know of a small-batch manufacturer that caters to prop houses, or a supplier that is sitting on a stockpile?)

I know they were already hard to find in the late ‘90s when I was at Phila. Opera; I remember driving to every camera shop in the area and buying up the few remaining Instamatic-style flash bars, and would then cannibalize the flash elements to use in one-off effects.

Of course, if Polaroid can come back from the brink, maybe there’s hope… :-)

—
Mike Voytko
Lighting & Sound Supervisor
Tisch School of the Arts - Theatrical Production
New York University 
mv35 at nyu.edu



> On Oct 25, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> And why not just buy real flashbulbs, not modify anything, and get the
> most "authentic" look?
> 
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> Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC
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