"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:28:38 -0700, "RG" wrote:



I dabbled a bit in photojournalism when I was with the paper and with
the
AP (meaning that if there wasn't an assigned staff photog with me, I
could
take acceptable B&W photos, usually on Tri-X. I had a Nikon F with two
lenses, a 35 mm and a 105 f2.5. I felt able to do about anything with
those two, and my kit lens gives me about the same coverage. I jsut
want
faster glass. Are you old enough to remember the Stroboflash IV flash?
That's what I used way back then. Now I use the Nikon SB-600, and it
is
terrific.


Let's just say that I'm old enough to remember flash bulbs and leave it
at
that. My first strobe was bought when I was in high school. A cheapo
Vivitar with no automatic features whatsoever. Manual calcs required
using
guide numbers. Wouldn't have any idea how to do it anymore.

I have an old Honeywell strobe in the basement and an honest to pete
foil flash bulb holder. :)

I miss the old "magic cube" flashes........they also made great special
effect props in theater :-)