Flashguns!

[paulatukcamera]

The original idea of Randy's was for us to post pictures of our cameras by the end of the month.

That could get a wee bit boring, so I decided to add something slightly different - matching flashguns!

So firstly - a 1959 Beauty Lightomatic 1 with my new acquisition, the most complex bulb flasgun in the world - Beauty of course! (boxed & mint - hopefully the same firm) A 1961 Baldamatic 111 looking dwarfed by the enormous Balda flashgun (designed for a later Balda I suppose)



Three assorted Kodak Flashguns - from the sublime to the ridiculous - a flashcube atop a Instamatic Reflex, A Retina 4 with one of the early fifties giant flashguns and an early sixties attempt at miniaturisation atop a Retina 111C.



Agfa seemed to have the most comprehensive range of flashguns - mounted atop various Silettes, Optimas & Selectronics





Finally the best looking flashguns - ever. The Ikoblitz 1V, V & V1
The later ones had bounce flash and all fitted neatly into the plastic cap in the foreground. Mounted on Contessamatic SBEs, Tenax & Symbolica. The first SBE has no cord because the special Ikoblitz gun had a neat plug in fitment atop the camera

[herron]

Paul:
I have to say, that is one of the best collections of flash equipment I have ever seen in one place! If I were to put out all of the flashguns I have accumulated, I would only need three cameras to mount them on!

[Rachel]

Huh ............. I have a fascination for electronic flashguns and have a small collection but the irony is that I hardly ever use them

[Randy]

WOW!!!! That is really cool. I don't have any flashguns like that! And those Kodaks have me drooling!