[pure-silver] Re: Use of Shutters in low light?

  • From: "Gene Johnson" <genej2@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:53:59 -0800

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Helge Nareid" <helge.nareid@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Use of Shutters in low light?


> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:05:55 +0100, DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > I use LF almost exclusively for landscapes or architecture shots.
Typical
> > exposure times are around 1s, for which I use the shutter. If longer
times
> > are needed, I go to 6 to 8s minimum and time them manually with a
mechanical
> > stop watch. Times in between are hard to do accurately.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ralph W. Lambrecht
>
> I have been using a Sinar camera for most of my large format work,
> using the Sinar/Copal behind the lens shutter. This shutter is quite
> bulky (but fits neatly onto the front standard) and heavy and requires
> the lens to be mounted on a special extended lens boards, but it does
> feature timed exposures up to 8 seconds, which I have always found
> extremely useful. I have always wondered why normal shutters stop at 1
> second, but given the current state of the marketplace, it is probably
> futile to expect any product development in that direction.
>
> - Helge Nareid
>
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