Posted by Lawrence Ober on January 30, 2001 at 20:52:00:
In Reply to: Missing Part from Graflite Flash??? posted by Rick Rinehart on January 29, 2001 at 16:03:05:Rick,
I'm fairly new at this (well, returning to Graflex after 30+ years). I believe the 7" reflector is solely for the old, large, screw base bulbs (#11, #22,etc.). The 5" reflector was made to handle the bayonet base #5 and Press 25 type bulbs. My 2773 handle came with a 7" reflector I'm holding onto for display. I located a 5" reflector on the net for practical use with the later bayonet base bulbs.
Larry
: I was recently given a Graflite flashgun and some
: other equipment by a lady friend of my mother, whose
: late husband was also into photography, and it appears
: to be a Graflite 3 D-cell # 2773 handle with the
: attached flashbulb socket and 7 inch reflector
: assembly # 2747.
: My question (and problem) is that even though
: there is a metal contact positive pin in the middle of
: the socket (no doubt to fire the bulb), there is no
: corresponding ground (that is there is no screw
: mount in the side walls of the socket), so this leads
: me to believe that there is some "vital" piece that is
: missing from the socket assembly.
: Needless to say, the lady who gave me the flash
: does not know, and I thought perhaps some readers of
: this newsgroup might know and perhaps be able to help
: in some way, I would be glad to purchase, with reason,
: the missing piece for this flashgun, if I can get some
: solid leads on what it is that's missing and perhaps a
: source to buy it from.
: I am interested in using it as a flash for my
: Rapid Omega 200 camera , I have some # 5B bulbs stored
: away (don't want to sell them either) and I would like
: to try some night time photography while camping.
: Thanks in advance for any help that you might be
: able to offer.
:
: Rick