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These products have not been manufactured
for decades, and everything we offer is from recently excavated
warehouse stocks or out of the back rooms of long-established camera
stores for whom inventory control was never a priority. Most packages are
shopworn, and some have torn flaps. All are complete and the flashes are
probably all fully functional.
Clear bulbs are for black and white photography. Blue
bulbs are for properly balanced color with the color films of the '50's,
60's, and 70's, and they work with black and white as well..
Supplies are limited, and when they're
gone, they're gone.
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Safety note: flash bulbs generate
significant heat when fired. Do not fire them close to anyone's face or
skin, nor anywhere near flammable substances. Do not touch them with
your bare fingers immediately after firing. Do not carry them loose in
your pocket, where they might be fired accidentally by static
electricity (Ouch!). Flash cubes and Magicubes are shielded, but glass
bulbs (AG-1 "peanut" bulbs, and M2 types) are not, so keep a
safe distance from people since it is
remotely possible that bulbs might shatter when fired.
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AG-1 "peanut" flash bulbs (clear or blue)
Choose clear for black and white, or blue
for color. Of course, you can use blue for black and white too. These
require a battery to fire.
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Box of 12 clear flash bulbs
Product AG1C

Box of 12 blue flash bulbs
Product AG1B
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| AG3-B flash bulbs
These are a more powerful version of the
AG-1 bulb. Choose these if they're recommended by your camera
manufacturer, or if ordinary AG-1 bulbs don't provide enough light. Like
standard AG-1s, these require a battery to fire.
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Box of 12 blue high-power flash bulbs
Product AG3B
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Your camera uses flash cubes if the flash socket
looks like this. The socket shape is a cross, and the pin in the center of the
socket is round.

Flash cubes have electrical contacts. A
battery in your camera provides the power to ignite the flash.
Flash Cubes
The original flash cube, four
"peanut" bulbs arranged as a cube. Your camera automatically
rotates the cube as you shoot pictures. The bulbs are blue, so OK for color
film as well as black and white. Choose High-Power flashcubes if
recommended by your camera manufacturer. High-power flashcubes produce
significantly more light than standard flashcubes. All flashcubes require a battery to fire.
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Box of 3 Flashcubes, 4
flashes per cube
Product FLSH-FCUB
Box of 2 High-power Flashcubes, 4
flashes per cube
Product FLSH-2PACK
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Your camera requires Magicubes (or X-cubes) if the
socket looks like this. The socket shape is an X with a square pin in
its center. There are no electrical contacts, and the camera's flash socket
has four studs (see detail below).

Magicubes do not have electrical contacts,
and the camera does not require a battery for flash.
Magicubes,
also called X-cubes
An improved flash cube, four
"peanut" bulbs arranged as a cube. Your camera automatically
rotates the cube as you shoot pictures. They're blue, so OK for color
film or black and white. Because they self-ignite when the shutter
button is pushed, no battery is required.
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Box of three Magicubes, 4 flashes per cube
Product FLSH-MCUB
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M2 and M3 flash bulbs for many
1960-era cameras, like the popular Brownie Starflash pictured. Blue bulbs
give proper color balance with the color films of a
half-century ago, and of course they also work with black and white.
Clear bulbs are for black and white. A battery is required to fire the bulb.
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Package of 12 M2B blue bulbs
Product FLSH-M2B

Note: we have a small supply of clear M2 bulbs, "Bond"
brand, in distressed packaging. Per package of 12 Bond M2 clear bulbs
Product FLSH-M2
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| Flipflash
These blue color-balanced flashes fit into special flipflash sockets.
You shoot six flash pictures with the bar inserted one way, then remove
it and flip it over to shoot the next six. 12 flashes in all.
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One 12-exposure Flipflash
Product FLSH-FLIP

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| Flashbar
These were invented especially for the
Polaroid cameras of the day, and since Polaroid films make ten photos
per film, flashbars have ten flashes per bar. The fit into a special
flashbar socket, and do not need to be flipped over. Blue for color or
black and white film.
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One 10-flash Flashbar
Product FLSH-BAR

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