[pure-silver] Re: Packard shutters?
- From: "Gene Johnson" <genej2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 07:59:36 -0800
Nick,
You can find out a lot about Packards by going to the website of the company
that still makes them.
http://www.hubphoto.com/packard-shutters.htm
Or this from the late Steve (we all miss him)
http://www.skgrimes.com/packard/
Google will bring up a bunch of stuff.
I love Packard shutters. You can take one completely apart in about a
minute, you can duplicate just about any missing part with normal tools, and
they're just about as bulletproof as things get. Just requires a different
approach to things. You just can't have a shutter speed faster than about
1/20. With a little practice, you can get darn close to 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5
with the pin and anything slower without the pin. There are a lot of really
great barrel lenses out there for very reasonable prices that you couldn't
get anywhere near if they were mounted in a shutter.
I've used a bulb that I found at Target as a ball pump. There's black
tubing at the auto parts store that will work too. They sell the real deal
at hub photo though, and it's not expensive to buy a bulb and hose from
them. just connect the wires to whatever kind of synch socket you need. I
have taken sockets out of old cameras and made cables, but Paramount cords
will make whatever you want. Kinda dear though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Zentena" <zentena@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Packard shutters?
>
> So I did the usual stupid thing and bought a bigger camera. The 8x10 I
bought
> came with what I guess is a Packard shutter. It seems to have flash sync
> wires so my second guess is it's a #6. But you know I've got questions.
The
> part of the shutter that goes behind the lensboard is complete but it
looks
> like all the fittings on the front side got cut off. What can I use for
the
> missing hose? How about the wires? Other then squeezing the bulb are there
> any other instructions?
>
> Nick
>
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