Hello,
What's the fastest speed shutter that is available?
Guess I need to pick out a lens size first.
Oh, and what is the fastest shutter, period? Obtainable, or not.
Just wondering out loud...
Hello,
What's the fastest speed shutter that is available?
Guess I need to pick out a lens size first.
Oh, and what is the fastest shutter, period? Obtainable, or not.
Just wondering out loud...
1/1000 of a second, a Thornton Pickard Focal plane shutter, well that's the fastest LF shutter I have at the moment.
Ian
Fastest current shutter: Copal 0 press shutter, 1/500th second.
Fastest shutter ever: Rapatronic camera
"It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." - Walker Evans
Rollei Linear Motor view camera shutters are the current fastest leaf shutters. The 0 size goes to the same speed as a Copal 0. In a 1 size the Copal 1 is faster.
Fastest production between the lens shutter: the Super Speed Graphic and Super Graphic's Graflex 1000 shutter: 1/1000.
http://graflex.org/manuals/Graflex-1000-Shutter.pdf
The blades did not open and return closed as in a normal BTL shutter, but each blade simply moved around a pivot in a complete rotation.
Thanks, but I'd rather just watch:
Large format: http://flickr.com/michaeldarnton
Mostly 35mm: http://flickr.com/mdarnton
You want digital, color, etc?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stradofear
The Linhof Aerotronica had shutter speeds to 1/1500 via a special rotary Linhof shutter built into the camera body. But this was a 70mm camera, not a view camera.Originally Posted by Brian C. Miller
Brian, my Copal press shutters don't agree with you. #0 and #1 have the same top speed, 1/125. Prontor Press #00, #0 and #1 are the same. Cock and shoots are another matter, #00 and #0, 1/500, #1, 1/400, and larger than that slower. My Compound #5's fastest marked speed is 1/50.
buggz, what do you have in mind to do that needs a fast shutter speed? My solution to the problem is to overpower ambient light with flash. Sslow film helps, ND filters will do the same but I don't like to use them.
No Press shutter from Prontor went to 1/500. The fastest Prontor Press type shutter was the Prontor Professional. And that didn't reach a 500th either.
Hi Dan, I like to shoot close up wide open.
Yes, I had thought of ND filters as well.
I may have to go this route, though, not all lenses have filter mounts.
Holding the filter to lens can lead to reflections, and also, I don't want the lens bodies touching the ND glass.
Shrug...
Good discussion with good info, thanks guys!
Yes, but perhaps it is just my bad luck that I've never found one that was not broken.
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