Imaging recource: “Goodbye powder flash…meet flash synchronization!” Honoring the man who invented it

Prolific German inventor Artur Fischer has died at the age of 96. His company, Fischerwerke, announced that Artur Fischer passed away on January 27th at his home in the southwestern German town of Waldachtal. Among his many inventions, Fischer was the creator of the first synchronized camera flash. He patented his synchronized flash invention in 1947 when he invented the technology to make images of his newborn daughter. In 2015, he told the Der Spiegel magazine, "At the time, you could only use a powder flash for interior shots, which you had to ignite with...
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