[Largeformat] Packard Shutters

["Ken Hough" <k4sb@niia.net>]

From: "Ken Hough" <k4sb@niia.net>

Air hose ?? Any auto parts store !!
Bulbs ?? 
Try Professional Photographic in Hammondton NJ. They make the Packard Shutter.
Ken

Date sent:      	Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:44:28 -0600 (CST)
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From:           	Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
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Subject:        	[Largeformat] Re: Packard Shutters and 8x10 B&J Mounting

> From: Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
> 
> >At 03:49 PM 1/1/99 -0000, you wrote:
> >>From: cocam@cableinet.co.uk
> >>
> >>Dear All,
> >>
> >>Intend to mount a couple of barrel lenses on Packard shutters on a B&J
> >8x10.
> >>
> >>Have a few ideas on how to mount the shutter and lens together in an
> >assembly to fit the B&J lensboard hole but would be grateful for any advice
> >on the best way of doing this.
> >>
> >>Thanking you in anticipation,
> >>
> >>All the best,
> >>
> >>             Clive   http://clive.bel-epa.com
> >>
> 
> >From: Lee Carmichael <click@flash.net>
> >
> >
> >Hi Clive:
> >	I have a Kodak 2D in 5x7, that came with a Packard Shutter that was
> >mounted to the back of the lensboard.  It had a hole drilled in the frame
> >to accomidate the air tube that is the actuator.  If I only had one lens,
> >that would be the way I would do it.
> >	My friend Peter Feresten (photographer, teacher and artist) mounted
> >a 12
> >inch Red Dot Artar that I gave him (we actually traded the lens for some of
> >his images) and installed the Packard Shutter on the lens in front.  He
> >made a fitting out of cardboard and pressed it on the lens.  That is the
> >tact I plan to take when I decide to mount my 305 G-Claron.
> >	Does anyone know where I might purchase tubing and one of those Squeege
> >bulbs?  I have not looked to rigorously but have not seen anything locally.
> >	Which B&J 8x10 do you have?  I have a wooden camera that has all the
> >movements that was stripped and refinished when I got it.  So far, it has
> >been a good camera if a little wobbly.  My experience has been not to trip
> >the shutter right away but to let the sway and swing of the camera settle
> >down after you insert the film holder and remove the dark slide.
> 
> 
> Hello Lee,
> 
> Well there will probably be a couple of barrel lenses that will be used
> with the B&J so would prefer to use a method that will allow easy lens
> changes.
> 
> Hadn't thought about mounting the shutter in front of the lens but that
> would certainly be an option requiring less fabrication.  Was thinking
> about making up something for a behind the lens mount in either wood or
> alloy - probably alloy as it will be harder wearing and I prefer working
> with metal.
> 
> Have the same problems as yourself in finding bulbs and tubing, however
> have not even started looking yet.  There are a number of scientific
> apparatus suppliers that would probably be a good bet for both e.g. Edmunds
> Walker - they have a web site however the URL is at work so may have a
> quick search later on tonight.
> 
> The B&J is on its way to me and will probably take at least five weeks to
> make the trip from the USA - a late Christmas present to myself :-)  It is
> the one with all the movements and has the extension rail.  A little
> concerned that you say the B&J sways around as I hope to be using it in
> Utah next May.
> 
> The two lenses for the B&J are a Taylor Hobson Cooke Apotal 16" f9 and a
> Red Dot Artar 14" f9.  I know nothing about either lens apart from the
> reputation of the Goertz, and the Taylor Hobson stops down to f128 with a
> large image circle.  The aperture scale on the Taylor Hobson is also marked
> in mm 0 to 45mm - maybe it is a process lens? Any more information about
> either lens would be welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> All the best,
> 
>               Clive     http://clive.bel-epa.com
> 
> 
> 

> 


******Ken Hough Photographic Repair******
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