Graflex flash availability

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From: Steve Bell (veracity000@earthlink.net)
Date: 12/22/02-09:35:34 AM Z


Hey Everyone,

as i mentioned a while back, i have acquired a Graflex 4x5 camera. i've
been using it a lot and i really love it. last night i turned on the TV and
there was some old movie on, and there was a scene with all these
papparazzi. they all had cameras that look like my Graflex. so i got this
idea, which i'm sure has been done, but i don't really care (i've decided
that it doesn't matter to me if my ideas have been done before, because
they most likely have been, but not by me. so there. ha). i want to do some
imitation papparazzi shots. and i think if i get a flash for my Graflex,
you know, the one with the big handle and big bulb and everything, i think
that would be perfect.

so my question is, how available are these flashes? i feel like it probably
wouldn't be terribly hard to acquire the actual unit, but maybe getting the
bulbs might be difficult? do they use bulbs that are still manufactured?
will i have to find someone's back stock auction on ebay?

also, any tips or thoughts on the papparazzi idea would be welcome.

cheers,

Steve

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