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
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.
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!
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