Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
Go to Jeff at Quality Camera behind GT and he should be able to help you. He is by appointment only.
Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
It wont be simple swap out & it wont be inexpensive to have the proper thread couplers plus the new f stop scales
I would sell this one & replace it with a like Tele lens in a factory mounted Copal shutter
Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
Louie, no couplers are required. You may have been thinking of swapping cells from a Graflex 1000 shutter -- the lens was supplied in that shutter too -- into a regular normal #1.
It is a simple swap, unscrew the cells from the old shutter and screw them into the new one. Compur #1 and Copal #1 shutters have the same tube lengths and threading so swapping cells from one to the other requires no adapters or machining.
The new shutter will have to be scaled for the lens. skgrimes does this work and for all I know so does Quality Camera. I've had skg scale shutters. Gary, ask both for prices.
Gary, I have a set of 270/6.6 Rotelar cells in the drawer. I b'lieve they were originally mounted in a Graflex 1000. They came to me in a Compur #1, have threaded bushings so they'll fit it. I had a better use for the shutter ... FWIW, I offered the cells to Mr. Galli. He and I are on good terms, occasionally give each other small gifts. He wouldn't take them, said he'd had one and it was terrible.
Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
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Originally Posted by
Dan Fromm
Louie, no couplers are required. You may have been thinking of swapping cells from a Graflex 1000 shutter -- the lens was supplied in that shutter too -- into a regular normal #1.
It is a simple swap, unscrew the cells from the old shutter and screw them into the new one. Compur #1 and Copal #1 shutters have the same tube lengths and threading so swapping cells from one to the other requires no adapters or machining.
The new shutter will have to be scaled for the lens. skgrimes does this work and for all I know so does Quality Camera. I've had skg scale shutters. Gary, ask both for prices.
Gary, I have a set of 270/6.6 Rotelar cells in the drawer. I b'lieve they were originally mounted in a Graflex 1000. They came to me in a Compur #1, have threaded bushings so they'll fit it I had a better use for the shutter ... FWIW, I offered the cells to Mr. Galli. He and I are on good terms, occasionally give each other small gifts. He wouldn't take them, said he'd had one and it was terrible.
WOW Great to know brother Dan! I just figured seeing how it's so rare for this type of swap out in my life.
Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
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Originally Posted by
Bob Salomon
Go to Jeff at Quality Camera behind GT and he should be able to help you. He is by appointment only.
Thanks Bob, that would make life a lot simpler.
Re: Upgrading a lens shutter
Thank you all for the input. I found a nice Copal no 1 shutter in Japan for a very good price and it all fit like a glove. Now all my lenses have similar shutters and Im much happier with my lens.