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06/14/2008 08:11:08 PM · #1 |
My brother was cleaning out the garage and found a number of goodies forgotten over the years including a 1980 Mamiya 35mm film SLR in decent condition, a Kodak disc8000 Disc film camera, a Hanimex camera flash, and finally this mystery flash.
It appears to accept 120v as the main power-source or via a switch can accept battery power.
I tried looking it up but obviously being named Cavalier presents a problem in that. :)
Here are pictures of the rest of the mentioned equipment for your viewing pleasure. :)
  
Thanks a bunch for any infos you know or can find :)
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06/14/2008 09:03:27 PM · #2 |
It looks like a "Cavalier Power-Master" hotshoe flash unit with side calibration/reference dials, if I'm not mistaken. ;-)
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06/14/2008 09:07:51 PM · #3 |
Don't know about the flash, but for 15.00 you can get a manual for it HERE - the list is alphabetical so scroll down, it is there. Contact info and stuff on the pages so maybe you could call them and glean some tid-bits.
Message edited by author 2008-06-14 21:10:48. |
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06/14/2008 09:27:16 PM · #4 |
| What is that in the Mamiya hotshoe, a telescopish-type sight? |
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06/15/2008 12:24:46 AM · #5 |
Oh, cool thanks AperturePriority that is very... hey, wait a minute, you just read that off the flash! Cheater!
Ah, thanks CEJ, not sure if I want to pop out $15 for something that is cracked and may not even work. It is interesting how little information exists for it.
Hehe, BeeCee, I wish it was something as grand as that. In reality it is a very, odd, little device. It is basically just a view finder, with two rectangles painted on the inside, a small one that says "tele" and a larger one that says "wide". However the lens installed on the camera is a 50mm prime so I have no idea why someone installed that. |
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06/16/2008 04:06:20 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by togtog:
Oh, cool thanks AperturePriority that is very... hey, wait a minute, you just read that off the flash! Cheater! |
he-he-he! ;-)
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06/16/2008 09:58:23 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by togtog:
Oh, cool thanks AperturePriority that is very... hey, wait a minute, you just read that off the flash! Cheater!
Ah, thanks CEJ, not sure if I want to pop out $15 for something that is cracked and may not even work. It is interesting how little information exists for it.
Hehe, BeeCee, I wish it was something as grand as that. In reality it is a very, odd, little device. It is basically just a view finder, with two rectangles painted on the inside, a small one that says "tele" and a larger one that says "wide". However the lens installed on the camera is a 50mm prime so I have no idea why someone installed that. |
Don't be too quick to dismiss oddities like that. It might not be worth much, or it could be a rare accessory that wasn't popular, never produced in large quantity, that collectors will die for.
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06/16/2008 12:32:00 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
It looks like a "Cavalier Power-Master" hotshoe flash unit with side calibration/reference dials, if I'm not mistaken. ;-) |
When I worked in the old camera store (I use that phrase alot around here, guess I need to get a life), we saw tons of these. If I remember right it was a flash sold through either Sears or JcPenny catalogs. When we got ones that worked (they were decent flashes) we'd resell them for about $10. The same company made similar models that were sold under about four different names.
edit to add....
As for the disc camera....well lets just say it belongs in the library of bad ideas. Man, I hated trying to print from disc negatives. The things were too small.
Message edited by author 2008-06-16 12:34:30.
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06/16/2008 01:29:39 PM · #9 |
Very true theSaj, just because it looks like it was cheap at the time doesn't mean it isn't a rare missing piece on a collectors shelf. Still an odd little item, which I cannot understand why someone would use on an SLR except maybe for education to teach when to switch lenses from 50 to 35mm.
vxpra, ah interesting. That is a bit more info. I was shocked to see it ran off 120v, I thought flashes went from chemical reaction to battery, I didn't know such a thing existed. So it is humbling a bit. :)
Somewhere in a box I have an old expanding-style Polaroid also. :) |
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