A camera flash apparatus having a flash tube enclosing a pair of electrodes in an ultraviolet light transparent envelope containing gas molecules normally presenting a high impedance between the electrodes. An ultraviolet light source directed at the tube is actuated at the start of a flash picture-taking event to ionize at least some of the gas in the envelope lowering the internal resistance of the tube to allow a flash energy source coupled to the electrodes to discharge through the flash tube. A flash unit incorporating the ultraviolet source is also disclosed

 
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