Tag Archives: Chico

smaller can be better

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. For many years flash bulbs were used to illuminate scenes at night or indoors.  Early flash guns were somewhat big and required fresh batteries to reliably trigger a flash bulb via a cable connecting flash gun and shutter sync. … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on smaller can be better

Chico and the Man…

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Post war Leicas from the IIIf had the flash sync built-in. The most common post war flash was the CEYOO. Chico was a cheaper and smaller all plastic flash with the same segmented folding aluminum reflector design and the … Continue reading →

Posted in camera | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Chico and the Man…