On 4 Dec 2009 03:30:55 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2009-12-03, pyotr filipivich wrote:

[ ... ]

I'm with you on using the least necessary amount of "light". One
think I despise are Coleman lamps at camp sights, blazing away, and
lighting up everything. That's not the problem - it is that the light
kills my night vision a half mile away. Arggh.

Do you remember the old photographic flash bulbs? They may not
reach the same peak brightness as an electronic flash, but they burn a
lot longer, so the effect on your night vision is a lot greater (along
with the blue blobs floating where the bulb was in your field of vue
when it went off. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

I found the strobe effective for getting attention of teenaged
dragsters and lawn wreckers when I lived on a corner lot. Lots of
great candid photos, too. You talk about the stoopid look, I got 'em.

One kid slammed on the brakes and stopped, glaring at me, at which
point I'd worked the film advance and popped him again. He finally
figured it out, and burned it out of there, never to return.

Pete Keillor