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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The flashes were also limited use, and even more expensive than the film.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Wow, I feel like we go back further in time with every comment

My dad had magnesium flash bulbs, but by the time I had a camera they were all electric flashes. It was still film that needed to be developed, but at least there weren't bulbs you had to replace

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

There was a lot of overlap between the two. Expensive cameras had electric flashes, but cheap cameras would have a spot to hook up a disposable flash instead. I had a cheap camera. I could basically only take pictures outdoors in the daytime.

[–] Trollception 1 points 10 months ago

Yea even in the early to mid 90s I remember those disposable camera with the flash packs you could buy separately. I used to take a bunch of pictures but almost never got them developed since i enjoyed taking the photos more than seeing the results.

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