Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh s**t - I just had a thought. Someone on here is crazy/dumb enough to actually try Teds flash powder idea with an M6 and some gunpowder.... oh ooooo tim a > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Samuel M. > Kennard > Sent: January 14, 2002 6:24 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] A few thoughts about flash > > > Ok Ted, so where did you use the Hot Glue Gun? > > Sam Kennard > << > Tim Atherton wrote and asked: ;-) > >>Ted, > > > > Could you explain to us again how you use flash powder with the > > M6...<<< > > Hi Tim, > Quite simple actually. ;-) I get black gun powder, pour it into an old > developer tray lined with heavy duty cooking foil and set it on a kind > of easel so the flash will bounce off the ceiling when it ignites and > before the ceiling goes black from the smoke. > > This is a truly one shot exposure as we have to clean the ceiling after > each exposure. ;-) > > Now the tricky part is getting the wires imbedded in the gun powder so > when I press the shutter release, the contact in the camera will send > the signal to the contacts in the powder igniting it as the shutter > curtain opens long enough for the flash to ignite, create the light > flash and not an explosion ! :-) And inturn exposing the subject on > film. > > And that sequence of events is an old family secret not to be revealed > for 50 years after my passing to the big darkroom in the sky. > > So there you go eh? Nothing to it. > ;-) > ted > >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html