General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC WITH METAL HARDWARE AND METAL EXPOSURE TABLE AFFIXED TO BACK OF UNIT/ CARDSTOCK BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.0 cm

Width

9.1 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

AIC

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

PROBABLY THE 1970S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC FLASH EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN CANADA IN THE 1970S

Function

USED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF AND BRIGHT ILLUMINATION ON A SUBJECT TO ALLOW A PHOTOGRAPH TO BE TAKEN UNDER POOR LIGHT CONDITIONS OR TO FILL IN SHADOWS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FLASH UNIT: PRINTED ON FRONT: 'Soligor/ MK-2'/ PRINTED ON SIDE: 'SOLID STATE'/ BACK PANEL READS IN PART: 'EXPOSURETABLE/ [CHART]/ GN.m 16 ASA 100/ ON OFF/ JAPAN'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'Soligor [REPEATED MANY TIMES]/ MK-2/ ELECTRONIC FLASH UNIT/ with GOLD TUBE/ AiC/ PHOTO INC./ MADE IN JAPAN'/ STORE LABEL ATTACHED: 'SIMPSONS-SEARS/ $17.98/ EACH'[OVERWRITTEN] 11.98'

Missing

BATTERIES

Finish

BODY TEXTURED BLACK/ BACK PANEL SHINY METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING/ BOX BLUE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

FRONT TRIMMED IN SILVER