Sylvania Blue Dot Flashbulbs AG1B

Object/Artifact

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The TRP Camera Obscura Collection

Name/Title

Sylvania Blue Dot Flashbulbs AG1B

Entry/Object ID

61

Tags

Interesting

Description

Sylvania's Blue Dot AG1B flashbulbs were among the most widely used single-use flash bulbs of the 1960s and early 1970s, compatible with a broad range of amateur cameras. The blue coating on the bulbs was designed to balance the color temperature of the flash for use with daylight-balanced color film, - a simple but effective solution before electronic flash became standard. AG1B bulbs were tiny bayonet-base bulbs used in cameras with built-in flash guns or small flash attachments. These are now entirely obsolete but remain a charming and authentic artifact of the consumable photography supply market of the era

Category

Accessories

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Sylvania

Date made

1965 - 1975

Other Names

Name Type

Model

Other Name

Blue Dot Flashbulbs AG1B

Accessories

Accessory

Original box, blue plastic bulb holder/rack with approximately 10 bulbs remaining