I recently bought a Pacemaker Speed Graphic with a Wollensak 10 1/4" (200mm) f/1 0 process barrel-mounted lense. This is my first foray into large format photogr aphy and this seemed like an inexpensive way to start. There is no shutter on th e lense but the focal plane shutter on the Speed Graphic takes care of that, and will allow me to use older (and cheaper) barrel lenses. I think. My problem is that the focal plane shutter causes a lot of movement in the camera when it fire s. My tripod could be heavier, but it does seem like a pretty extravagant amount of mechanical activity. Should I give up on the focal plane shutter and find a lense mounted in a shutter? I don't want too much in the way of complication at the start.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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