Timely, since I am about to make a SC11 shutter box!
Could you share pics of it?
I just got my 3 new bellows for my SC11, very happy to start using the big guy.
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Could you share pics of it?
Sure. I'll try to make some snapshots in the next few days. It is a factory original, so I'll also see if there are any dimensions which are both non-obvious and important.
You probably both have seen these re packards and inverted boards, but on the last page of this
http://deardorffcameras.com/deardorf...012/01/05a.pdf
There are two examples. in addition my inverted cone has a Packard mounted behind it, reducing my bellows length by 6 inches. Like the last page here.
http://deardorffcameras.com/deardorf...012/01/04a.pdf
Thank you!
No, I had not seen the complete first PDF and never saw the second one at all.
This is great reference material.
I have hung a 3-1/2" Packard directly to the back of a 8 to 6" lens board converter and then use a 6" to Sinar lens board converter. This works for my 3 main barrel lenses, 25" Cooke Process, 30" Artar and fast becoming my favorite a 16-1/2" f6 Gundlach Portrait.
My goal tonight is getting my 4-1/2" Packard fixed and since it is 8" square it's not so easy to hang it behind a 8" lens board.
A box is the answer, and it will be a simple front hanging box, for my 790mm Reinhold. No need now to make it adapt to any other lens, as I doubt I will ever have a huge Petzval. It's good the Reinhold weighs little, so hanging everything off the front is not a problem. The 4-1/2 shutter acts like the Reinhold waterhouse f6.7 aperture.
I have a few lens in shutter on Sinar boards which work well with my current setup.
Flash sync is my next goal, as none of my Packard's have it.
I am always looking for Deardorff Studio literature and information. The Portrait stand, shown in PDF #2 and on eBay right now is a dream, I won't achieve, it is simply too expensive for me right now.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331117409709...84.m1423.l2649
Thanks again!
Sure, I'll stir the pot. First of all, a double pumper is a #8. 2 pistons, 2 tubes 2 bulbs. Don't like 'em. #6 is the one with pin that does both functions dependent on the pin. #5 is no pin one piston.
I use both hard and soft tubing. I've found that the 1/4" crap from the hardware store that you run all over the garden works great, but a shortish stiff tube can transfer some movement, so I slide some soft tubing over the hard stuff and have a 3 or so foot length of nice soft tubing at the bulb.
The Packard box and inverted cones are exactly what I would need, except that the rear element of a 420mm f/4.5 Heliar needs a larger shutter than will fit on a 6" lensboard. I considered making an 8" recessed board and putting the 7-1/2" square shutter behind that, but Having spent what I did to have the camera refurbished (and the Cochrans did a gorgeous job, by the way) I decided to indulge myself and just invest in dedicated shutters.
I have several Packards with do-it-yourself flash sync (Reno Farinelli at Packard Shutters tells me that this is not uncommon) and all but one have some unfortunate characteristic such as erratic triggering, wires fed through a simple drilled hole in the case, or closed contacts anytime the shutter is open. The latter is a real nuisance shared by an Ilex #5 that I have--the strobes keep popping every few seconds unless I unplug the cord, and then I have to remember to plug it back in before making the exposure.
The current Packard design uses a small microswitch at the top of the case, and judging by the size and shape of the cutouts in the Deardorff Packard shutter box, something very much like it has been in the product line for a long time.
Randy--you mentioned wanting to get to work with "the big guy". My SC11 is named "Dierdre the Deardorff"; if they didn't live so far apart we might consider trying for a litter of portrait cameras....
Thanks Jim,
Got my #8 apart without snapping off any important screws and now taking a break from removing lots of rust inside and out.
This thing will work way better with smooth insides.
I am used to tedious work like this, but I used to get paid real good money for it.
Ah, retirement.
Well this monster is no lady. I have a few microswitches and they will be tried after I get this 8" Packard back on the road.
I had trouble with a low battery yesterday with my Einstein flash radio remote, makes it sputter the modeling lamp. Confused me. Since I had it hooked to my RC servo Packard, I wasn't expecting that, I thought I was shorting out inside my makeshift wire box.
We do a lot of exercise to take snap shots. LOL
I had good luck sawing up 1'4" plywood with a handsaw to make 8" lens boards, but first I drill the hole, makes it easier to hold the board. Might make one from aluminum.
Even Sinar boards are easy to drill to size with careful hole saw application.