Flash bulbs
Apr 29, 2014 09:23:09 #
Apr 29, 2014 09:34:04 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
Why do reporters call airport concrete ramps & taxiways the "tarmac", which has tar?
Why do they call the orange flight data and voice recorders the "black boxes"?
Why do they call the orange flight data and voice recorders the "black boxes"?
Apr 29, 2014 09:51:26 #
JohnK wrote:
Why do writers describe reporters gathering and all the flash bulbs going off? Is this not a totally obsolete word? It always jumps out at me. Why can't they just say the flashes went off, or the camera flashes went off? Or do you think it is just a convenient understood term? Gripe over....
It must have something to do with why we also call a 'water' hydrant a FIRE Hydrant. I've never seen one that FIRE comes from :?:
Apr 29, 2014 10:04:19 #
digicamking
Loc: Raleigh, NC
jerryc41 wrote:
It could be ignorance or habit. I bet you wouldn't catch a younger person using "flashbulb."
We still say "dial a number."
I don't recall hearing or seeing the term, though. But then, there's a lot I don't remember.
We still say "dial a number."
I don't recall hearing or seeing the term, though. But then, there's a lot I don't remember.
Jerry41 is your memory going like mine?
Apr 29, 2014 10:05:57 #
KotaKrome wrote:
It is kind of sad though. There was just something really cool about the Crown Graphics and the sounds of the bulbs popping.
Even the old flash cubes were cool. Don't get me started on the coolness of the Nikon motor drive.
I love the smell of Dektol in the morning.
Even the old flash cubes were cool. Don't get me started on the coolness of the Nikon motor drive.
I love the smell of Dektol in the morning.
I still have my Speed Graphics and use them. I also remember why I bought them. Do any of you remember Charles Bronson in Man With a Camera and when he saved his life with a screw in flash bulb, I still have a case and a half of those bulbs.
Apr 29, 2014 10:15:39 #
Papa Joe wrote:
It must have something to do with why we also call a 'water' hydrant a FIRE Hydrant. I've never seen one that FIRE comes from :?:
If you remember Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451 the 'Fire' department came to your house and burned contraband books....
Besides, would a hydrant that produced fire be practical?
Apr 29, 2014 10:16:21 #
Papa Joe wrote:
It must have something to do with why we also call a 'water' hydrant a FIRE Hydrant. I've never seen one that FIRE comes from :?:
I love signs because in their brevity they often say funny things. The very best were the signs on all the bridges in New York City. During the height of the cold war when they believed that a nuclear strike was possible There was a huge white sign with big red lettering that said. IN CASE OF AIR RAID DRIVE OFF BRIDGE!!
Apr 29, 2014 10:18:17 #
I shot with a model last month who didn't know who Bob Hope was!
picturedude wrote:
Speaking of youngsters not knowing what a flash bulb is, I'm amazed as to how many have never heard of Abbot and Costellos classic "Who's on first?"
Apr 29, 2014 10:27:23 #
JohnK wrote:
Why do writers describe reporters gathering and all the flash bulbs going off? Is this not a totally obsolete word? It always jumps out at me. Why can't they just say the flashes went off, or the camera flashes went off? Or do you think it is just a convenient understood term? Gripe over....
Why does one drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway?
Apr 29, 2014 10:38:54 #
RodL wrote:
Instead of flash bulbs going off why dont we just say?
The high voltage charge on the capacitor discharges exponentially through the Xenon flash tube and the resulting current ionizes the xenon gas resulting in a plasma which produces a rather short duration pulse of photons in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum and hopefully as a result the reflected light from the subject and camera settings produces a suitable exposure.
The high voltage charge on the capacitor discharges exponentially through the Xenon flash tube and the resulting current ionizes the xenon gas resulting in a plasma which produces a rather short duration pulse of photons in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum and hopefully as a result the reflected light from the subject and camera settings produces a suitable exposure.
You got it!
Apr 29, 2014 10:41:49 #
Nightsky wrote:
If you remember Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451 the 'Fire' department came to your house and burned contraband books....
Besides, would a hydrant that produced fire be practical?
Besides, would a hydrant that produced fire be practical?
Possibly for a huge crowd that's having 'weiner roasts' :)
Apr 29, 2014 10:43:22 #
Nightsky wrote:
I learned to shoot on a Speed Graphic 4X5, and rem... (show quote)
When in high school I was helping the yearbook photographer and he was taking a picture of a team and I was holding the second flash unit triggered from the Speed Graphic. I unscrewed the bulb after the first picture and was screwing in the next bulb and somehow it was triggered when I still had my hand around the bulb. BURN!!! I will never forget that.
Apr 29, 2014 10:44:39 #
JohnK wrote:
When in high school I was helping the yearbook photographer and he was taking a picture of a team and I was holding the second flash unit triggered from the Speed Graphic. I unscrewed the bulb after the first picture and was screwing in the next bulb and somehow it was triggered when I still had my hand around the bulb. BURN!!! I will never forget that.
"Been there, done that", John! It certainly leaves a lasting impression!
Apr 29, 2014 10:49:19 #
Apr 29, 2014 10:53:14 #
Here's another "flash-back" thought. People are somewhat slow to accept change. Hanging onto "flash bulb" being one of them. But have you also noticed that the news media still use the phrase "caught on video tape", when virtually no one captures news reports on video tape anymore Maybe in five to ten years from now, people/news media will simply say "caught on video". But that day is not today.
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