What shutter can I use with each lens?

[JorgeCL]

Hello, my name is Jorge, I've been working during this last year with a home made medium format box camera ith which I take photos in the street, here you have some examples:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jconlar...7635909362113/

Is time for me to go to large format!!! for the moment all I can afford is the lens, so I'll do a new box camera!
I'm looking for lens in ebay and realized that there is quitte a large offer of lens without shutter, I've seen some affordable external shutters, for example, an Gauthier Pronto Verschluß 00 M-20 ( Shutter 3 ), or Seiko Prontor Press Verschluß 1 ( Shutter ) DEFEKT, but I don't know with what kind of lens can I use with it, does it depend only on the diameter of the lens? or there ae some lens compatible with some shutters?
Also, is mounting the lens on the shutter an easy operation or I need any particular tools or knowledge?

I'm so excited about my new project, thanks so much for ur help!

Jorge

[Lachlan 717]

Try searching for a Sinar Auto Aperture Shutter.

It might be a bit more than you're thinking about paying, but, if yo can afford it, it will serve you well for many lenses and many years.

Also search for a Universal Iris Clamp. Have one of these fitted to a Sinar lens board and, with the Sinar shutter, you'll be able to mount and shoot most lenses.

[Bill_1856]

Looks like you're doing great already. Why change something that's working right?

[DrTang]

first - great photos

second - save yourself a big headache and buy a lens already in a shutter


what size negatives will you be producing?

[Alan Gales]

first - great photos

second - save yourself a big headache and buy a lens already in a shutter


what size negatives will you be producing?

Save yourself even more headaches and buy a cheap monorail to go with the shuttered lens, unless of course you just enjoy making the box camera.

[JorgeCL]

Thanks to all of you!
I'm so glad you like my pictures. I'm also happy with them, but I do have two good reasons to go for a large format camera. First, size, my negatives are 89mm x 76mm (with croping in the corners), I use photographic paper as a negative and take a picture of the negative to positive it. That means that the final copy is also rather small. The second and more important reason, curiosity! I learned a lot with my first one and took a long and fantastic time to be able to understnd and take good pictures with my old camera, now I want more!
I'll probably take your advice and buy a lens in a shutter, once I have the lens, doing the camera is easy enough.
I'll update about the results in a few months!

[JorgeCL]

I've just posted another thread in the lens subforum, since I'm completely new in this world I'm having a big trouble deciding what lens to use, if you could give me some advice, I'd be very thankful!
What lens to choose? http://www.largeformatphotography.in...29#post1083429

[Drew Bedo]

The advice to buy a lens and shutter together is a very good idea. As to what lens to get: I would get any lens between 90mm and 210mm that you can afford. Work with that lens for a while and you will better know what you really need.

[DrTang]

Save yourself even more headaches and buy a cheap monorail to go with the shuttered lens, unless of course you just enjoy making the box camera.

OH... I like the whole box thing..

that's super cool

[Alan Gales]

OH... I like the whole box thing..

that's super cool

I agree. It is cool!

It's also got to be fun when people ask him what camera he used to make such great images.