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James Clarke | all galleries >> Galleries >> Mission Japan > A Surprise Christmas Gift
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25/12/2009 James Clarke

A Surprise Christmas Gift

Nagaokakyo, Kyoto-fu, Japan

When Mum and Dad came to Japan, I enquired with Dad if he still had the old Flash from the Practika, since it would be a suitable Flash for the Mamiya 67. Well, exactly on Christmas day (as it is not a public holiday here and thus the mail is delivered, plus even on Japanese holidays the mail still gets delivered by part timers!) a parcel arrived from my parents. When I open the parcel it contained a tea towel, a card and the Bell & Howell Model 20 Flash. What's interesting it's an American Brand of Flash that was made in Japan. Now-a-days my Nikon (Japanese Brand) Flashes are made in China! BTW the only time I tried it out with film in the Mamiya 67 for some reason the film didn't turn out at all (probably due to incorrect loading of the film, than a flash problem) and I've been banned from using the Mamiya 67 for a while because of that! So it may be a while before I have some pics to show from the Mamiya 67 + Flash, but I do have another camera capable of using the Bell & Howell Model Flash now, so maybe I'm going to get some good use from it sooner rather than later...
Note 21/06/2010:- A milestone of 4000 comments on my site was reached today, the person who gave me the 4000th comment was Mr Rodney H of HumanTouch Photography. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in kind words of encouragement over the last 4 years.

Nikon D80 ,Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom
(left) 1/6s f/4.8 at 48mm iso1600 (right) 1/8s f/3.5 at 18mm iso1600 full exif

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JSB PHOTOGRAPHS18-Feb-2019 06:09
Super fun cameras. :) V
Sam_C04-Jul-2010 07:08
Excellent shot and caption, hope that Mamiya "ban" is lifted soon! BV :)
Colin Clarke23-Jun-2010 10:19
Great story. Hope you get it all sorted out. :-)
Guest 22-Jun-2010 03:59
Was happy to be there for your milestone, hope to see you there when I reach that myself : )v
Zoltán Balogh21-Jun-2010 22:07
Nice image and story James...and congratulations on the 4000th comment! V
12321-Jun-2010 21:34
Now we're talking.Sorry to hear about the Mamiya issues. Looking forward to see more film images from you. :) V
XiaoBernard9921-Jun-2010 15:12
Intereting informations.My Last Flash Sony is made in Japan,my precedent made in Malaysia...a big difference.Mamiya is famous when I see one in a store the price is demoniac.Congratulation for the 4000 comments.
Bernard
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