From: Marco Milazzo (mmilazz1@elp.rr.com)
Date: 12/22/02-12:46:13 PM Z
As I understand it, the "Star Wars Lightsaber" flash unit is one particular
model of Graflex flash unit -- chrome-plated with a red button. Other
models (brushed aluminum, etc. aren't that sought-after.
Marco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Murphy" <pmurf@bellsouth.net>
To: "Alt Processes List" <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Graflex flash availability
> 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
> >--- Veracity000@earthlink.net
> >--- "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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