The history of camera flashes is absolutely incendiary, both for being exciting and for being highly likely to cause a fire.
tests some old-school single-use flash bulbs and the Magicube, created in 1970 by Kodak and Sylvania.were still a chore to use, however. The cost added up since they could only go off once, and they got extremely hot. On top of buying the flash bulbs, camera users of yesteryear also needed a flash unit to place the bulbs. The flash unit slotted into a camera’s hot shoe and had a reflector come out around the bulbs., which offered four flash bulbs in one. It also didn’t need a separate unit.
Watson’s video is fascinating, especially in how it breaks down both types of bulbs going off in slow motion. For this portion, Gav and his trustyhelp viewers see what the human eye usually can’t. Under close inspection, it’s possible to see smoke rising, the bulbs expanding and cracking, and pieces of the filament smoldering. Up close and using a camera recording an incredible 200,000 frames per second, viewers can observe what looks like bubbles of molten metal pop within the bulbs.
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