Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a number of Packard shutters. One with flash synch; for my 8x10 Ansco Portrait camera. They're quite wonderful for their simplicity. They provide another one of those opportunities to "feel" what you're doing. They also have a wonderful sound. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 27, 2010, at 2:39 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> I think I have mentioned this previously. My late father-in-law >> had a >> small, upstairs on Main Street, studio in which he used an old, >> wooden 8x10 >> studio camera, fitted with a split 5x7 back, to shoot 3.5x5 portrait >> negatives. It paid the bills for several hard years, before he found >> something to provide a better income. >> >> Did you ever use a Packard Shutter? >> >> Jim Nichols > > > I've never head of them but they are still here and I checked it > out and now > I know. > http://www.packardshutter.com/ > > We got a lot of use out of a SPEED GRAPHIC the first photo studio > I moved > into more before I got there becaue of the shutter. Putting all > kinds of > weird projection lenses and enlarger lenses on it for copy work. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information