<p>Hi, I am new to the site but was curious, JIM can you tell me what speed film you are using on your hunter penrose? I have a deardorff 11x14 and a Marion 10x12 both of which had Packard shutters. I got sick of them jamming up and took both of them out.<br>
Now the deardorff shutter was recessed at the back of a recessed lens board. perfect for the job without having to take out your front standard and drilling holes. and you can remove it as easy as swapping lenses. The only drawback is you cannot use the focus adjust on your lens in fear of putting it through your shutter.<br>
I use xray film at about asa100 and just use a lens cap or depending on faster light readings a piece of flat tin, which I am able to flick a bit faster than the cap.<br>
portraits are fairly slow once you take the bellows factor into account</p>
