Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at optonline.net>wrote, in part: > If you can get your hands on it, the old Graphic/Graflex manual is > quite a read. > ...snip... > Cameras weighed five pounds and up. Heiland flash guns mounted four > flashbulbs in case a lot of light was needed for slow color films at > ASA 12. > Thank God for relatively tiny Leicas. > Larry Z ============================================================================== In the same vein, here is a shot of the photo staff of The Milwaukee Journal with their portable electronic flashes, in 1949. Each weighed 35 pounds. These were 200 watt-second Strobo Research units designed and built by Ed Farber and Bob Dumke. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/MilwJournalPhotogs.jpg.html> >From left to right: Manager Bob Dumke, Robert H. Boyd, Harold W. Stanfield, >Henry F. Larson, Fred Tonne, James N. Meyer, James G. Conklin, John Ahlhauser, Donald Nusbaum, Angus McDougall, Hugo V. Gorski, Clarence P. Schmidt, Foster C. Stanfield, Neils Lauritzen, Asst. Mgr. Elmer Staab, Eleanor Sossong, Arthur Uhlman. Photo by George P. Koshollek, Jr. from the files of Ed Farber. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those old Graflex manuals used lots of Milwaukee Journal multiple-flash pictures, which inspired me as a young photographer. It also didn't hurt to work as a summer intern for Henry F. Larson when he was photographer for the Wisconsin Gas Co. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/