Nice Drop Shutter Link

[Richard K.]

Here is a nice link to a fellow in Japan who has a blog explaining how he had this quite fine drop shutter built. This particular link has been Google translated into English. The translation is not perfect but you'll get the idea. The reference to Popeye attributes great strength to the average American ULF user; not quite sure what the reference to "Boston lost to the British people and leave the vertical gravity. Same as the French guillotine." is but I suspect that he means that the free drop gravity powered guillotine was more than effective with Marie Antoinette and will work well in this shutter.

Here is the link, I hope you find it useful. The first video in the link shows the very effective and smooth operation of this shutter.

http://translate.google.ca/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fd.hatena.ne.jp%2Fyanretro%2F20090922%2F1253625910&sl=ja&tl=en

[Paul Fitzgerald]

Loved the translations.
Like his cable release.
Like his rubber band accelerator and perfectly even exposures.
Would and some foam rubber bumpers to the bottom. soften the shock

Ace hardware has aluminum U-channel to edge plywood, using the 3/8" size on 1/4" birch plywood would leave a perfect channel for the shutter blade to slide in and a piece of weather strip at the bottom would save the blades from cracking. Now to find some plastic for the blades.

[cdholden]

For those on a budget, there's still the Galli Deluxe model:
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/22200-jim-galli-shutter-barrel-lenses-drum-roll-please.html

[russyoung]

Richard-

Alas, I had no success with the link even though the above user made it work. ANy ideas? I'd really like to see it.

Russ

[IanG]

Isn't there another thread here with links to a different web-site showing the same shutter but with far better photos and easier to see how it works.

Ian

[Richard K.]

Richard-

Alas, I had no success with the link even though the above user made it work. ANy ideas? I'd really like to see it.

Russ

Russ, I PMed you the link. Let me know if it works!

[Richard K.]

Isn't there another thread here with links to a different web-site showing the same shutter but with far better photos and easier to see how it works.

Ian

Would love to see this! Anybody?

[jp]

http://f.hatena.ne.jp/yanretro/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AD%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3/

[IanG]

Just remembered - there's some great Youtube videos of the shutter in action. I can't post the links as access is banned by the courts here in Turkey so I can't access to find them again.

They are worth watching.

Ian

[Richard K.]

Just remembered - there's some great Youtube videos of the shutter in action. I can't post the links as access is banned by the courts here in Turkey so I can't access to find them again.

They are worth watching.

Ian

Hi Ian;

They're the same as the link in the first post...:)

[IanG]

Hi Ian;

They're the same as the link in the first post...:)

Unfortunately they aren't there in that link :( well for me, so apologies.

I can now see from the code that there should be the Youtube videos, but US software used here in Turkey prevents their showing !!!! so all I can see are the JPEGS.

Ian

[wentbackward]

It might be just a very silly thing but the google translation of the article says:

3) Pull the rubber band on plastic plates, up to 200 / 1 was achieved. This is much laughing would be funny idea.

The thought of pulling rubber bands and laughing at my camera everytime I make a 1/200s exposure just makes me feel so happy! I'm smiling out loud!