Flash Bulbs

[Tin Can]

All about flash bulbs

https://youtu.be/AEm-2giH_zw?si=J0KIUkw3owpNyG2l

[Tin Can]

I have a lot of Flash Bulbs of all sizes

I also have Flash Powder Kit

I got it in a USPS package

I didn't know the seller had included the explosive with a camera!

Until I opened the danger

[Duolab123]

I have a lot of Flash Bulbs of all sizes

I also have Flash Powder Kit

I got it in a USPS package

I didn't know the seller had included the explosive with a camera!

Until I opened the danger

I've bought old Kodak Blue toner, has a small glass bottle with gold chloride dissolved in Aqua Regia, box labeled do not mail! Got through several times. Not a big deal one at a time. When I had a bunch of bulbs back 30 years ago, I kept them in a garden shed, just to be safe.

[Tin Can]

I was buying flash bulbs 100 loose in bags

inside boxes

none ever broke

they are tough

[Kevin Crisp]

Yeah, but they aren't very reliable. Usually the first flash goes then --- nothing.

[Tin Can]

Yeah, but they aren't very reliable. Usually the first flash goes then --- nothing.

LOL

I have all kinds of FLASH as I primarily drop my bulbs indoors

[Kevin Crisp]

I had a friend who was a newspaper staff photographer, going back into the early 60's. He told me he was covering another photographer's wedding once, using a speed graphic with the big Star Wars handle flash. His right pocket had a bunch of the big bulbs in it. Static electricity set one bulb off, and they all joined in. Burned his leg and ruined his suit pants.

[Mal Paso]

I had a 50B go off in my hand when a shutter stuck. For those unfamiliar, a 50B is the size of a 100 watt bulb and has the same Edison screw in base. I switched to strobes soon after.