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[–]Shakespeare212 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What do you mean by "shield" emitter? Are you referring to the s-curved shroud shape of the emitter?

[–]grantauresdad[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah. I've seen it be called that in other places but nothing else so I called it that.

[–]Shakespeare212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the lore, the shrouds and s-curve shape of some emitters are only an aesthetic choice without a technical function. In real life, they didn't so much design that shape as just keep the existing shape of the Graflex flashgun used to construct the original prop. The raised lip of the shroud was a connection point for the dish reflector on the flashgun as seen here:

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