Good day all. New to the forum and large format photography....
I've been shooting with my newly acquired RB67, and now have moved to a Speed Graphic as a starter for my LF experience.
I noticed yesterday, that I can't get the shutter to close on T or B settings on the lens, while using the cable release. The only way it will shut, is if I manually turn the shutter speed dial to 1, then I hear it closing.
I've also noticed that while turning the shutter speed dial, it kind of gets tighter for the lack of a better term, the more I get closer to the fastest setting, as in 400th I believe it is.
Not sure how long the camera has set, before getting in my hands. I bought it off Ebay from someone else. Someone else mentioned that I might try to get an older shutter release cable. This was one of his comments.....
The cable release has too long a shaft inserting into the shutter. Often, the old lenses used a shallow draft for the cable release. Look for a shorter shaft cable release. The old cloth bound cable releases are example of what you would need.
Second, look careful at your opening on the shutter, it may be designed to have NON-TAPERED thred cable releases. In the old days these types of cable release were common and their draft was quite shallow.
Any thoughts on my B & T situation?
TIA
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