{"id":7187,"date":"2016-12-23T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=7187"},"modified":"2018-06-20T00:33:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T04:33:15","slug":"a-flashy-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-flashy-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flashy Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7188\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYandIIIa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7188\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYandIIIa-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SELSY Flash and IIIa Leica c 1947<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. Leitz didn&#8217;t add factory synchronization until the model IIIf in 1950. However, there were many options for adding a flash gun and synchronization pre IIIf. This particular flash was manufactured for Leitz New York in the mid 1940s. A matt\u00a0finish in the reflector allowed softer lighting for portrait work.<\/p>\n<p>The flash used batteries and an Edison base bulb or adaptor. The synchronization was accomplished by a custom base plate for a specially modified IIIa camera. The code name for this flash and base is SELSY. The gun is a model VIIIA. Various flash guns were made by Leitz Wetzlar and Leitz New York.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7190\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7190\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-andIIIa-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-andIIIa-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-andIIIa-600-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front view of special base for SELSY Flash customized to a specific Leica IIIa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7191\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7191\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7191\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-back-andIIIa-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-back-andIIIa-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SELSYbase-back-andIIIa-600-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back View showing sync adjustment slider on the special base plate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>James Lager&#8217;s Illustrated History of the Leica, Volume III &#8211; Accessories has some wonderful photos of the pre IIIf flash guns and synchronization methods they used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. Leitz didn&#8217;t add factory synchronization until the model IIIf in 1950. However, there were many options for adding a flash gun and synchronization pre IIIf. This particular flash was manufactured for Leitz New York in the mid 1940s. A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-flashy-camera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[755,825,61,824],"class_list":["post-7187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camera","tag-flash","tag-james-lager","tag-leica","tag-selsy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11889,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7187\/revisions\/11889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}