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From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.photo
Subject: Re: Flashbulbs (was something stupid and illegal...)
Message-ID: <5289@brspyr1.BRS.Com>
Date: 19 Jan 89 22:53:15 GMT
References: <2929@kitty.UUCP> <4104@hubcap.UUCP>
Organization: BRS Info Technologies, Latham NY
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In article <4104@hubcap.UUCP>, rjschw@hubcap.UUCP (Robert Schwartz) writes:
> From article <2929@kitty.UUCP>, by larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman):
> > 	In case you are wondering, the Magicube flash lamp used in the
> > Instamatic X cameras are fired _mechanically_ by means of a torsion spring
> > which causes a striker arm to hit a percussion primer.
> 	Which of course makes it possible (although rare) for the cube
> to fire if it is dropped.  That causes quite a reaction from the dropper
> and a bit of surprise to the people around.  Of course, this generally

Or, just use a small screwdriver to trip the little lever--making sure
your hand is not touching the side which will fire.  Someone in my
family once bought some Magic cubes instead of regular flashcubes, and
rather than see them go to waste, I played around with them.  It does
startle people, since they don't see any camera.  They don't understand
where the sudden lightning flash came from.
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