Due to the inactivity of the Admiral,I have a new challenge here.
What is it?How would you use it?

They also come in blue.

Sorry. The morning started with promise but went rapidly downhill. A Cylon attack would have been easier to deal with.
And my on-line light stays lit because I'm too lazy to sign out.

Are the bulbs on display specialty incandescent
lights for reptiles in an aquarium?

AA

While they may look like incandescent light bulbs,these are not light bulbs.Here's another photo.

It is a Flash Bulb, from back in the days when electronic flashes were still only a photographer's fantasy. From older films I believe these were occasionally used on top of hand cameras, (didn't I see Jimmy Olson use one of these?) but I'm betting there were more common in studios.

I can only imagine what a pain (and expense) it was to set up a good lighting system when every shot meant replacing all the bulbs. Talk about incentive to get it right the first time.

This is what it looks like after it has served it's purpose.

Originally Posted by scifan57

This is what it looks like after it has served its purpose.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=17093"/>

It's like an old flash bulb that I have seen that was used for photography.

The Archangel

Originally Posted by twerppoet

It is a Flash Bulb, from back in the days when electronic flashes were still only a photographer's fantasy. From older films I believe these were occasionally used on top of hand cameras, (didn't I see Jimmy Olson use one of these?) but I'm betting there were more common in studios.

I can only imagine what a pain (and expense) it was to set up a good lighting system when every shot meant replacing all the bulbs. Talk about incentive to get it right the first time.

Originally Posted by Gabriel1

It's like an old flash bulb that I have seen that was used for photography.

The Archangel

It really helps if I scroll back a post or two before I start typing!!! D'oh!

The Archangel

Correct,twerppoet.
Here is one of these bulbs mounted in a flash unit on the camera from my first challenge in this thread.
these bulbs only needed about 10 -12 volts to fire them but this flagh unit uses 45 volts to fire the flash.
BTW,you can expect to pay between 5 to 10 dollars for one of these old bulbs,more if it is a rare variety.




Here is another photo showing a blue bulb in the holder
Your turn to post a challenge,twerppoet.

Ok, another easy one (probably). Who makes it, and what is it for?

I've overexposed and obscured the company logo to make it (slightly) more challenging.