Would you find max 125th sec shutter speed (like on a Copal Press shutter) restrictive when shooting outdoors?
Would you find max 125th sec shutter speed (like on a Copal Press shutter) restrictive when shooting outdoors?
No, Bob.
Except for the rare times when I shoot wide open, outdoors, with a faster film.
At those times there are always filters. Filters are lovely things.
NoBob, it has never been a problem... when shooting slow film.
Only when taking LF pictures of Cheetahs (i.e. never).
Disclaimer: I will add that in the past I have hand-held either a Speed Graphic or Graflex and used focal plane shutter speeds up to 1/500 sec, but in the course of most LF photography from a tripod, not so much. There have been times when it would have come in handy to have higher shutter speeds when using a Verito or Kodak Portrait lens, so that I could shoot wide open without having to stack ND and other filters in front of the lens.
Last edited by djdister; 3-Feb-2015 at 09:21. Reason: added disclaimer
Very few Copal shutters run faster than 1/125 of a second, no matter what number is on the dial.
Looking back at more than 15 years of LF photography, primarily with HP5 Plus, I can't recall ever using a speed that fast.
I am tinkering a bit more with hand-held work these days. In that, I think I might get as far as 1/60 once in a great while.
Absolutely. I use soft focus lenses a great deal which means wider aperture required than most LF users. I use 1/1000 sec regularly in the summer sun with my speed graphic. I use the graflex so I can get those shutter speeds! Not many options these days for slow LF film. Filters do work, but it's one more thing to forget and screw up the exposure.
No. When I have a tripod I have only used 1/60th once in 20+ years. When handloading a Crown Graphic, though, I do use 1/60th and 1/125th.
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