Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the link. The ones that I became familiar with were all pneumatic, operated by a squeeze bulb and a long rubber tube. Handy for a quick release while entertaining a small child by holding a stuffed animal above your head, to get them looking in the right direction and smiling. ;~) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Another maybe not so stupid GH1 question >> 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 > >