Large format shutter options.

[Boscoe]

Sounds great Ed. Could you post some pictures? Would you ship to the UK?

[Jac@stafford.net]

I only say amazing for it's shear size - I'm used to 4x5 150mm lenses etc, this one dwarfs them.

Thanks I'll keep looking on that however I can't seem to find much info on them.

Info on the shutter or the lens? If you mean the lens, then this post should tell you a lot. Below.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...=1#post1148351

[Boscoe]

Info on the shutter or the lens? If you mean the lens, then this post should tell you a lot. Below.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...=1#post1148351

I am a little naive, could you tell me how this tells me about the lens?

I did mean the shutter however I would like to know more about the lens.

[Jac@stafford.net]

I am a little naive, could you tell me how this tells me about the lens?

I did mean the shutter however I would like to know more about the lens.

I will (try to) leave this to Dan Fromm because he is smarter than I.

[Dan Fromm]

Boscoe, in post #4 in this thread Jac posted specs for a 635 mm Rodenstock f-theta lens that seems much like yours. You might want to read this: http://specialoptics.com/pdf/wp_scan...ens_theory.pdf

I'm not sure that f-theta lenses, if that's what yours is, are well-suited for use as taking lenses. If you're lucky, Bob Salomon will notice this discussion and give you good advice.

[Boscoe]

It is a F Theta lens. By reading that it seems it will have built in barrel distortion?

I'll see if I can contact Bob Saloman if he has experience.

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

I don't think you could do any better than to adapt a sinar shutter to the camera you are building. the reason is that almost any lens can, with various means, be jury rigged to work with that shutter, and it doesn't have to be using some fancy machining or fitting either. You just have to get the lens a very short distance from the shutter blades for it to work.