Compound aperture blade material

shutterfinger

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• Oct 16, 2014

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What material are the Aperture blades in a Compound Shutter made from? The broken one appears to be fiber based.
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Whiteymorange

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• Oct 16, 2014

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I seem to recall that they were a paper-based product, maybe lacquered paper?

 

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• Oct 16, 2014

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maybe lacquered paper?

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Rather paper hardened with Phenol Formaldehyde resin I guess, without knowing these blades in particular.

 

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