On 2/19/2016 6:52 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 19/02/2016 12:29 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 19-2-2016 11:55, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Mine is long gone. I was still at school and found it in a junk shop or
>>> a jumble sale. By the time I could afford a SLR, light meters were
>>> incorporated into the camera. A Zenit-E If I remember.
>>>
>>
>> The famous Soviet camera! Yes, I know them from reputation; never owned
>> one of those. My first "real" cameras were first a Voigtländer Vitoret
>> (was ruined by salt water) and then a Miranda.
>
> Just FYI, *my* first camera said Fisher Price on it...
>
> It also had an "interesting" arrangement where the "flash" was a clear
> plastic box with 6 strips of magnesium ribbon in it. Once you've taken
> six shots, you cannot use the flash again. Ever. And it wasn't exactly a
> "cheap" flash either.


Tee hee. I remember when they were hi tech. :)

Before that flashes were single bulbs you put into a metal reflector.

Dr John, I believe. Remembers the flash power era.


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Regards
     Stephen

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