Using A Flash Cube

Field What field the skill applies to Photography
Went Obsolete An approximation of when the skill was made obsolete 1984
Made Obsolete By The skill or item that made this skill obsolete Flash cameras with built in flashes
Knowledge Assumed The knowledge needed to perform the skill buy flash cube & insert into flash plug
When useful When this skill could still be used in the real world Never

On the old Kodak cameras (35mm, 135mm etc), if you needed to take a picture with a flash you had to buy a flash cube. These cube had 4 flashes, one on each side. The flashes were not reusable. When you used them, they quite often burned and melted the plastic cover on the outer cube. They had a very distinctive smell also. You had to make sure you removed it if it wasn't needed or you would waste a flash for nothing.

 
skills/usingaflashcube.txt · Last modified: 2009/01/13 11:33 (external edit)
 
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