I got Brass in pocket...
Yes, I'm just starting the long strange trip of collecting and USING a few old Brass lenses. It occurs to me (sharp as a noodle I am) that modern film sensitivity precludes reasonably accurate useage of the "cap as shutter" method and one must either use some kind of shutter or photograph darklyish.These lenses are likely to come with a variety of flange sizes. Mounting them into individual modern shutters would be expensive as well as an affront to my sensibility. So, perhaps a Packard? My thought is to take the largest flange in any future small collection of Brass lenses, mount it on a board and mount a Packard behind. One could then (could one then?) simply make adapter rings to mate flanges of the smaller lenses to the mounted big flange and proceed to use the Packard. The smaller lenses would be stored with the flange to flange adapter mounted on them.
What do you think?
What speed(s) is(are) available with the Packard? I thought I saw a Packard web site mentioned a little while ago?
Am I right in assuming that any rack and pinion focus found on a Brass lens is now just decorative? Or do some of you use it for fine focussing?
Thank you for your thoughtful and nuanced replies!
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