General Information

Serial #

108-2987

Part Number

1

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length

17.7 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

22.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Studio & set equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dyna Lite

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Hillside

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

Period

THESE UNITS PROBABLY USED C. 1980S+. NOT USED AFTER 1992.

Canada

PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO INOTTAWA. HE ALSO MAINTAINED STUDIOS IN NYC AND LONDON, ENGLAND. IN 1999 MR. KARSH WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE CENTURY. HIS PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

Function

TO SUPPLY POWER AND CONTROL IT'S PROVISION TO AN OBJECT, IN THIS CASE A PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASH UNIT.

Technical

POWER PACK USED WITH FLASH HEADS (980064). PROVIDED SEVEN BASIC POWER SETTINGS UP TO 1000 WATTS/SECOND. USED IN COMBINATIONS, THE POWER CONTROL SWITCHES AND VARIATOR WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 15 DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS WITH A SINGLE FLASH HEAD; EACH POWER SUPPLY FITTED WITH 4 OUTLETS, TO SERVE 2 FLASH HEAD BANKS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 &.2 " dyna-lite/ M 1000 " printed in white on top panel. All controls, etc. labelled/.1 " dyna-lite/ MODEL NO. M-1000/ SERIAL NO. 108-2987/ HILLSIDE, N.J. " printed on silver decal applied to base/.2 as per.1, except " MODEL NO. M1000/ SERIAL NO. 067-1203 ". White adhesive label applied to casing bears handwritten notation " #3194/ Y. KARSH ". Blue adhesive tape strip wound around handle.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

BLACK PEBBLED FINISH ON CASING; FRONT PANEL IS GREY, WITH MULTICOLOURED GRAPHICS & CONTROLS.

Decoration

N/A