Packard shutters and exposure

[desertrat]

Reading this thread with interest. There is a lot of good info here. In some of the early Wollensak catalogs at Camera Eccentric, they had a contraption called the Skyshade shutter that was designed to mount in front of a lens, and hold back the sky exposure. I've never seen one come up on Ebay, so I'm guessing they didn't sell a lot of them.

[Mike in NY]

Here's a link to a photo and description of the Skyshade shutter:

http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/flex-ref.html

[IanG]

I've scanned the relevant pages from the 1940 Kodak Professional Catalogue (UK) for the Dallmeyey and Kodak Studio shutters and the illustrations show clearly why at shorter exposures there's greater exposure in the foreground as it states.





The Kodak Studio Shutter would have been made in the UK and used a Dallmeyer Ideal shutter (Packard under licence).

Ian

[Jody_S]

Here's a link to a photo and description of the Skyshade shutter:

http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/flex-ref.html

Great. Another old piece of crap I have to buy, just to try it.

[Mike in NY]

But then you can say you did!

That and $1.25 will get you a cup of coffee

[Mike in NY]

Ian, there are two other shutters similar in design to the Dallmeyer and Kodak shutters, that are advertized in the 1896 edition of the International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin. One is Anthony's No. 5 Low Compound Shutter, and the other is the Low "Kazoo" Shutter. There were two variations of the latter: No. 1 was adjusted to the lens hood, while No. 2 was mounted inside the camera, and both came in five sizes.