I have a very old Eastma No. 2-D 8X10 Camera manuactured by the Graflex corporation. I have not tried shooting with it yet but it it is in excellent shape and by old I mean old as it has a "real" Bulb for the Bulb feature. The lens is Baush & Lomb Zeiss Tessar Series 1c. The lens is in perect shape and is timed likea swiss clock. All of the shuter speeds a deadly accutate. Even 1, 2 , and 3 Sec. Since I don't have a lot of experience with these old cameas I really want to care for this lens and shutter and keep it finely tuned since I plan to put this camera back to work and do some shooting with the camera this summer. What is the best method to keep a shutter this old working properly when not in use? Is leaving it in the closed "Bulb" setting a good position or shoud I keep it in a "timed" position. Also, since I have not film holders, will new 8x10 film holders work on his camera?
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