Martin Courtenay-Blake
6-Aug-2004, 05:08
Hi all
Does anyone have any experience of scavenging shutters from old folders. I am thinking mainly of the likes of Agfa, Kodak, Zeiss Ikon and the like. The larger format versions, especially the later ones, appear to be fitted with reasonable shutters from Prontor, Compur, Epsillon as well as Kodak. Some posess a full 8 speeds and apear to be very well made. Am I correct in thinking these could be utilised for some of the smaller LF lenses in place of, perhaps, a standard Copal 00 or 0.
I certainly do not advocate the wholesale destruction of perfect examples of these venerable cameras but there are always a lot of indifferent ones for sale in almost every second user camera shop or ebay.
Does anyone have any experience of scavenging shutters from old folders. I am thinking mainly of the likes of Agfa, Kodak, Zeiss Ikon and the like. The larger format versions, especially the later ones, appear to be fitted with reasonable shutters from Prontor, Compur, Epsillon as well as Kodak. Some posess a full 8 speeds and apear to be very well made. Am I correct in thinking these could be utilised for some of the smaller LF lenses in place of, perhaps, a standard Copal 00 or 0.
I certainly do not advocate the wholesale destruction of perfect examples of these venerable cameras but there are always a lot of indifferent ones for sale in almost every second user camera shop or ebay.