Colin Corneau
2-Jun-2009, 20:41
So, I got myself into 8x10...figure, what the heck! I got 2 kidneys, and one of 'em will fetch a good price.
I received an old brass lens with this - not sure of make but it's a 12", flawless glass. No aperture or shutter; likely an old projection lens, perhaps?
I also have an old packard shutter. This can fit onto the front end of the lens; I've also seen it placed permanently onto the back end of a lens.
• To do this, however, it seems you have to drill 2 small holes into the lens board for the tube(s) to come out of. Is this true? Will I have to do this in order to use the packard shutter this way?
• At some point, I'd like to get a regular lens - Nikkor/Schneider/whatever in a Copal type setup...full apertures, shutter speeds, etc. Can I simply make a lens board to fit the Korona or are they relatively easy to come by, used?
Many thanks, both for the answers and patience with undoubtedly clueless queries.
Colin
I received an old brass lens with this - not sure of make but it's a 12", flawless glass. No aperture or shutter; likely an old projection lens, perhaps?
I also have an old packard shutter. This can fit onto the front end of the lens; I've also seen it placed permanently onto the back end of a lens.
• To do this, however, it seems you have to drill 2 small holes into the lens board for the tube(s) to come out of. Is this true? Will I have to do this in order to use the packard shutter this way?
• At some point, I'd like to get a regular lens - Nikkor/Schneider/whatever in a Copal type setup...full apertures, shutter speeds, etc. Can I simply make a lens board to fit the Korona or are they relatively easy to come by, used?
Many thanks, both for the answers and patience with undoubtedly clueless queries.
Colin