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on Feb 11, 2017 22:40:10 GMT
Posted: Feb 11, 2017 22:40:10 GMT
I received this wonderful old flash unit in its blue plastic case which dates from 1959. What impressed me was the National battery and the removable capacitor contained within; you can see the original battery in front of the camera.
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on Feb 12, 2017 3:20:48 GMT
Posted: Feb 12, 2017 3:20:48 GMT
Those old carbon cell batteries don't deteriorate as bad as an alkaline if stored in a dry place.
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on Feb 12, 2017 15:09:08 GMT
Posted: Feb 12, 2017 15:09:08 GMT
Those old carbon cell batteries don't deteriorate as bad as an alkaline if stored in a dry place. PF Very true; I love the 1950s logo style and font for Matsushita Electric and their National brand on the cell - a bygone era.
What will be very interesting to see is whether the removable capacitor will still charge when the replacement 15v battery arrives.... Given that the capacitors in my RTF540 and early TLA20s and 30s are all still working (unlike those in my Olympus FL-36 and 36R!) I am cautiously optimistic that the one in the old flash may be OK given that it too is made by Matsushita and they also made capacitors for many of the Yashica and Contax flashes in the C/Y era. We will see...
I knew it was worth saving those old flash bulbs!
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on Mar 1, 2019 11:53:22 GMT
Posted: Mar 1, 2019 11:53:22 GMT
Here's another 50-year old Yashica flash unit though this one is electronic rather than a bulb-flash. The Quik-Lite was Yashica's top flash back in the early to mid 1960s.
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on Mar 1, 2019 12:00:16 GMT
Posted: Mar 1, 2019 12:00:16 GMT
This is Yashica's AG Flash Gun from 1962. As its name implies, it is designed exclusively to use AG-type flash bulbs. In the photo below are 2 further 1960s Yashica flash units and if you look at the one on the right, it has an adapter to allow both AG and PF bulbs to be used; very handy. |
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on Mar 8, 2019 4:03:59 GMT
Posted: Mar 8, 2019 4:03:59 GMT
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on Mar 8, 2019 9:21:12 GMT
Posted: Mar 8, 2019 9:21:12 GMT
That's a lovely combination that takes you back... I still love that burnt smell from a just-used bulb.
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on Mar 9, 2019 3:35:31 GMT
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Yeah, I have a small collection of carbon cells dug out of all the old flashes I wound up with. Kodak had a flash with a bulb turret holder so you could change bulbs without removing them from the unit. Canon had one called the "Quint" which mounted five AG1B's in a row, and fired them off in Flashbar style.
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