httpwww.photo.netkdrya Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Well that was pretty cool. Found a Crown Graphic with a Schneider 135 in a Compur shutter, two film holders and a roll film back. They were asking $150 but knocked off $10. I think I got a deal... :) Thr ground glass on the camera is broken, so if anyone has a line on a reasonably priced one, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Nice! Looks to be in great condition. You can make a ground glass and every photographer should know how to do this. You just grind the surface of a piece of glass with another smaller piece, and some silicon carbide abrasive with water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Nice, congratulations! But what is that tyre inflator nozzle doing strapped to the shutter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
httpwww.photo.netkdrya Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Nice, congratulations! But what is that tyre inflator nozzle doing strapped to the shutter? Some kind of shutter actuator. I've seen them before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_salomon Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 It’s a solenoid to fire the shutter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_watson1 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Graflex.Org: Speed Graphics, Large Format Photography, and More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 It’s a solenoid to fire the shutter. I have a 50ft pneumatic bulb release lying around somewhere. It works without batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I have a 50ft pneumatic bulb release lying around somewhere. It works without batteries. Sheesh! The solenoid synchronizes flash with the shutter. Solenoids were used with flash bulbs, which are fired by battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Sheesh! The solenoid synchronizes flash with the shutter. Solenoids were used with flash bulbs, which are fired by battery. I know. I was just poking fun at that now useless lump of copper and aluminium cluttering up the front panel. And there appears to be a perfectly useable Prontor-Compur co-ax synch socket fitted to the shutter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 FWIW, my first Rolleiflex came to me with two screw posts that had been added to the front panel along with an extra lever on the side of the shutter that would fire it but of course wasn't customarily seen on Rolleiflex Compur shutters. This particular one had an unsyncrhonized shutter(Automat III), and I was advised at the time that it was for a sync solenoid. It didn't make sense to me until I got a Speed Graphic and saw a solenoid set up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Can I make you a deal on a couple flashbulbs? Reminds me of O. Winston Link, who did those great flash shots of locomotives! https://www.pinterest.com/xbowler/o-winston-link/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 O. Winston Link ranks as one of my favorite-if not my favorite-photographers of all time. I have "Hotshot, Eastbound" set as the wallpaper on my computer. I have around 8000 w-s of Norman strobe power packs, and 16 strobes to split them up across. I've wondered about working with the local railroad museum to try doing some Link-style photos-not sure if I'm brave enough to try film, although there's no reason why it couldn't work. To bring things back around, I THINK that Link used a Graphic View. If I did try "Link inspired" photography on film, my first inclination would be to grab my Calumet view camera, but at the same time the last time I looked a Graphic View they were cheap and one can never have too many 4x5 cameras :) It's not going to happen this year, but I'd like to visit Roanoke, VA to ride behind N&W 611. If I do, visiting the Link museum is not an optional side trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 FWIW, my first Rolleiflex came to me with two screw posts that had been added to the front panel along with an extra lever on the side of the shutter that would fire it but of course wasn't customarily seen on Rolleiflex Compur shutters. This particular one had an unsyncrhonized shutter(Automat III), and I was advised at the time that it was for a sync solenoid. It didn't make sense to me until I got a Speed Graphic and saw a solenoid set up. Good grief! What's the cost of a used shutter with M/X synch compared to finding a solenoid contraption and putting the time (and batteries) in to make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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