HELP, how to open shutter to focus???

[marclegalle]

Hi

So I have finally got around to looking at my new purchase, an arca swiss 5 4, the thing is I cannot work out how to open the lens shutter, tried everything and looked at other lens which have a little lever that open and close it but this one as far as I can see only has the following.

Lever to coc the shutter
lever to fire
apature lever
shutter speed lever
the one lever which has M X and V,Which I believe to be M bold flash/ manual, X electronic flash and V is a timer.

Please help if you can as if I cant open to focus its not much use to anyone.

Marc

[JimL]

You have to put the shutter on "B" and use a locking cable release...

[marclegalle]

oh ok thanks, so put the shutter speed ring on B, would any shutter release cable be ok do you know or is it a special locking shutter release cable?

[Vaughn]

Is there a 'T' at the other end of the shutter speed range? If so, put it on 'T', cock the shutter, and then click the shutter once to open and then click it again to close the shutter. I find this nicer with my long exposures (more than a minute) than 'B'.

Most, but not all, cable releases have a way of locking themselves in the plunged mode. Sometimes that part breaks -- then 'T' comes in handy again.

[JimL]

Pretty much any cable release will have a locking mechanism - some have a thumb screw on the side, others have a collar that can be set to lock or not.

[marclegalle]

sweat thanks, no "T" so it looks like the cable release is key. Do you have any recomendations for on line shops for such things? I also need a black hood, cape thing and a film change dark bag then I think I am set to go.

[Michael E]

Do you have any recomendations for on line shops for such things?

Where are you located?

Michael

[marclegalle]

Im in the UK, somerset?

[rdenney]

For posterity...

This is a Compur 00 shutter, which does not have a T setting or a press focus control.

Any locking shutter release will work with it, using B.

Larger shutters have both T and press-focus controls of one sort or another. These are so tiny that the mechanism to provide that feature just would not fit.

Rick "suggesting care; these shutters are getting hard to come by" Denney

[marclegalle]

Thanks very much that is very usefull information.

How about another question?

I have a lens board that came with the camera which is cone shaped, and I was just wondering what that does? I take it it changes the lenght of the lens but not sure how, it fits both ways, i.e. coming out or facing inward.