From: Phillip Murphy (pmurf@bellsouth.net)
Date: 12/21/02-12:33:28 PM Z
Hi Steve,
The flash units are readily available on e-Bay as are the bulbs.
The trouble is finding one that isn't being sold as a
"Lightsaber"; that's right, a Star Wars lightsaber. Evidently, there's
a market for them since it was discovered that the guys at ILM fashioned
the Jedi sword from a Graflex Flash Handle. go figure...
The prices have gone much too high. IMHO
Happy Holidays,
Phillip
>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
>
>
>--- Steve Bell
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>--- "We have...become our own thought police; but instead of calling the
>process by which we limit our own expression of
> dissent and wonder 'censorship', we call it 'concern for commercial
>viability'." -David Mamet
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