**warning** thread drift
GN of the press 40's at ASA 100 1/50'"is 300 with 7 in reflector.----
Not too shabby. I think it is equivalent to a GE#11 which has an
18-22,000 lumen-sec total output. If not quite a Big Bertha certainly
is in the upper echelon of medium Berthas. Never have seen such a
synchronizer--special unit required to trip the shutter after the bulb
is ignited and up to speed?
In synch at high speed, Mike
JN writes:
>That reminds me of 1952, when I had a Leica IIIa fitted with a
synchronizer
>and flashgun that would accomodate blue Sylvania Press 40s. But, of
course,
>at that time, Daylight Kodachrome was rated ASA 10.
>Jim Nichols
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