Shutter speed testing

[macandal]

The Calumet testers show up used on Ebay from time to time. Like you said they are not inexpensive. I have found that they usually go for $100.00 to $150.00. Mine works great!

What are they called or listed as? "Calumet shutter speed testers"?

[Fotoguy20d]

What are they called or listed as? "Calumet shutter speed testers"?

That would probably work, or some combination of those words. Mine was listed as a "light meter".

[Bob Salomon]

Keeble And Shuchat in Palo Alto also has a repair department.

[Alan Gales]

What are they called or listed as? "Calumet shutter speed testers"?

Yeah, they are usually listed as Calumet shutter speed tester. You can also put in Calumet and scroll down through everything. Sometimes people list things funny.

[TGR Laguna]

I explored this subject a few months back and ran across the same "how to" site (maybe I could have figured it out, maybe not). At the same time, I ran across a guy in Romania that makes shutter testers to use with Audacity. You can find him at www.lavise.com. There are several versions, all of which can be found and ordered through eBay by searching "camera shutter tester." I bought the "Box2" version for $35, which records down to 1/2000th of a second (I chose this one as cheaper one might not have worked on a MAC).

The unit was delivered promptly. The written instructions are a little broken up, but I downloaded Audacity (free) and tried it out. the unit is very easy to use, in fact, it took longer to figure out Audacity than the unit itself. And it works like a charm.

BTW, if you are using a MAC, you will also need an audio interface (essentially a small pre-amp) to use the tester. I use the iMic by Griffin, which ran $40. As always, using anything Apple can be a bit more pricey. If you have a PC, the 1/1000th unit runs $15 and you won't need anything else if you already have a sound card.