[pure-silver] Re: Packard Shutters
- From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:05:58 -0400
DEAR RICH,
I have a very old cherry wood Kodak 5X7 with a portrait lens in
a Packard shutter. The lens is perfect for portraits in that it is very
sharp when closed up but nice and soft when opened up due to purposefully
uncorrected aberrations.
The Packard shutter is great and, with some experience, can go
from (as Richard said) around 1/25 sec to as long as you like. The trick is
how you use the bulb. If you want short exposures you slowly, partially
squeeze the bulb without putting your thumb over the air hole. When you
want to make the fast exposure, while keeping your thumb over the air hole,
quickly squeeze and release the bulb. This causes the shutter to open
quickly and, because the bulb was partially compressed, it "sucks" the
shutter closed again as quickly as it can work. For time exposures you do
not partially compress the bulb.just put your thumb over the air hole,
squeeze the bulb and hold it as long as you need the shutter open and
release bulb to close it. For VERY long exposures, thumb over air hole,
squeeze the bulb, remove thumb from air hole and slowly allow bulb to
re-inflate. When it is time to close the shutter, without your thumb over
the air hole, gently squeeze the bulb, then put your thumb over air hole and
allow the bulb to re-inflate, once again, sucking the shutter closed.
This has worked for me for decades. Enjoy the wonderful feeling
of the 19th century in your hands!
CHEERS!
BOB
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From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Kirwan
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:49 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Packard Shutters
They are a very helpful company, I got a shutter and accessories from them
about 5 years ago for an old 19" brass process lens. Did you get the sync'ed
version to use with strobes.
They work great, only problem I have is the process lens was really too
sharp for portraiture.
Mike
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From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of richard lahrson
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:16 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Packard Shutters
Hi!
I have a 14" f/9 Apo-Ronar barrel lens mounted on a 6" board for an
8x10 Kodak 2D. A test shot of some book titles on the shelf looks good and
the aim is to use this lens for portraits.
So after months of searching eBay for a Packard shutter, google search
found www.packardshutter.com. I called them up, talked for 20 minutes to
the owner, Reno, who carefully explained what would fit.
I'm getting one and can hardly wait to squeeze that
rubber bulb! These shutters were generally used before my time and would
like to hear other's experiences with these classic shutter. Rich
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