flash unit

American  

noun

1. an electronic flash and its power supply in a compact unit.

2. a flashgun, or a flashgun with a reflector.

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Example Sentences

Photographer’s description: “I found this Striped Meadowhawk dragonfly perched on a bush at sunrise after it spent the night enduring rain showers. It’s worth it getting soaked myself to photograph how the raindrops magnify its compound eyes. Shot handheld with a Canon 5D4, Tamron 90 mm macro lens, and twin flash unit.”

From Seattle Times

It also features a LED light source and a flash unit with three intensities.

From The Verge

Side outer pockets can hold a small lens, flash unit, or water bottle.

From Time

Both look extremely familiar, staying very close to the style of the Galaxy S6: the corners appear to have rounder curves, the flash unit has been altered ever so slightly, and the edges appear to taper instead of coming to an edge, but the differences all around are pretty subtle.

From The Verge

As for the lightsaber, Lucas contends the idea was his own, but the prototype, like his film, was assembled from cinematic scrap: the hilt was fashioned from an old photographic flash unit, and the sound was made by combining the buzz of a TV with the hum of an old USC movie projector.

From Slate