Comments on: Synchronizing Photo Flash Lamp With a Camera Shutter

By: hugh crawford

hugh crawford — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:39:22 +0000

“a picture of someone with a flash unit with 6 single use bulbs arranged in an arc”

That’s nothing. This is the real deal.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4.....otostream/

It’s worth noting that O. Winston Link was without a doubt the greatest practitioner of flash photography.

By: Mr. Snacks

Mr. Snacks — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:48:33 +0000

This sort of thing was laughed at by professionals of the day. Convenient as it may have seemed, they were still conscious of their dignity. I on the other hand would use this in a heartbeat at the paper!

By: Slim

Slim — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:55:20 +0000

At least with this setup you wouldn’t have to ask your subjects to smile.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:44:35 +0000

Somewhere, I’ll have to find it, I have a picture of someone with a flash unit with 6 single use bulbs arranged in an arc.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:39:20 +0000

Not sure about Flash Hats, but the scene in the original King Kong where the photographers are taking pictures of Anne where Kong could see them, showed single, double and triple hand held flash units with single use bulbs.

To us the the 21st Century, the thought of expended flashbulbs discarded on the ground seems criminal.

By: Githyanki

Githyanki — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:44:36 +0000

I always saw two tripods. One for Camera, one for flash setup.

By: Thundercat

Thundercat — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:05:56 +0000

Was this type of setup common?

I was just wondering if this photo “hat” is how the “lightbulb over the head” comic came to symbolize an idea.