Old lens and shutter - any use ?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:36 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
I have had an old folder sitting in the corner for sometime (well on a shelf) - a no name mahogany and brass 1/2 plate. I hadnt bothered to look at the lens until I started thinking about larger formats, contact printing and seeing what is doable on black & white. Anyway...
Its a Thornton pickard Time & inst shutter which seems to work just fine. The lens is a Clement & Gilmer Paris f7 Panorthostigmat brass lens with Iris Diaphragm. From what I have been able to find its likely to be about 8in in focal length.
Will it cover 10x8 by any chance ?
What is the quality like and would it be worth trying on 5x4 ?
If I want to mount the TP shutter on a modern lens board so I can put it on 5x4 for e.g an arca plate how does the shutter get detached from the board its on or do i have to mount the board on a board ?
The TP shutter, as I say seems to work OK but does it need a service ?
Thanks
Dave
Its a Thornton pickard Time & inst shutter which seems to work just fine. The lens is a Clement & Gilmer Paris f7 Panorthostigmat brass lens with Iris Diaphragm. From what I have been able to find its likely to be about 8in in focal length.
Will it cover 10x8 by any chance ?
What is the quality like and would it be worth trying on 5x4 ?
If I want to mount the TP shutter on a modern lens board so I can put it on 5x4 for e.g an arca plate how does the shutter get detached from the board its on or do i have to mount the board on a board ?
The TP shutter, as I say seems to work OK but does it need a service ?
Thanks
Dave