Hah... I finally found someone as lazy as ME!!
Please can some kind soul save me from wading through what has become a very long and tortuous thread that had me so dizzy I stopped reading it shortly after it deviated around page 3?<snip>
It goes against my general practice of not rewarding laziness, but...Please can some kind soul save me from wading through what has become a very long and tortuous thread...
No. Not yet....Can we confirm that there is indeed interest in a new rapid rectilinear lens?...
None needed for design -- it's being done pro bono by the OP. For manufacturing -- No. Not yet....Is there a Kickstarter campaign to get these lenses designed and made?...
No. Not now. In my opinion, not likely ever....What about Copal, Seiko, Compur, Silex or any other mid-lens style shutters? Can we look forward to a fresh supply of these from some enterprising mechanical genius on here?...
It goes against my general practice of not rewarding laziness, but...
No. Not yet.
None needed for design -- it's being done pro bono by the OP. For manufacturing -- No. Not yet.
No. Not now. In my opinion, not likely ever.
Well that's of interest too...I think somewhere after page 3 I started stepping through the design process. Incredibly boring if you have no technical interest.
There was interest in a wide-field lens for 8x10 format. So I designed a 165mm f/6.3 to fit a Copal 1. I quoted the lens fabrication and it was acceptable enough to move forward towards launching a Kickstarter to produce a limited run. A colleague of mine is starting on the barrel design so we can quote the metal parts. Once that's done I'll launch the Kickstarter.
FWIW, Nodda, a 165mm WA that covers 8x10 with movements does interest me.I recently sold a 150mm SSXL and have been crying ever since.
Of course, I need to raise the funds for the 165.......
*shakes head*
New from factory? Nowhere (I think maybe Copal are still making #0 for digital lenses but that's probably about it). New Old Stock (as in never used but sitting in a warehouse / inventory for years)? More likely, but NOS shutters alone go for crazy money compared to just-as-working 2nd-hand shutters with lenses mounted in them. 2nd-hand from fleabay? Everywhere. Strangely the ones with glass in them usually go for less than just bare shutters.Where can we get new Copal 1 shutters? RR
Stone... if you ever lose your income due to illness and must liquidate things to survive then maybe you'll understand. What do you mean by *shakes head*?
Stone... Firstly, I can't buy right now (read my ENTIRE post). Secondly... why do you constantly say you're poor yet buy more than nearly anyone else on this forum... and beg for lower prices and try diligently to confuse the deals you make and take advantage of others? I'd state what I really think of you at this point but this isn't the place. Remember that I still have all our correspondence.
I apologize to everyone for this open banter and derailment. I won't comment on it again. But some members really do go too far.
Back to the ORIGINAL TOPIC.
People know that you egotistical posts derail/hijack many, many threads both here and on LF forum.
New from factory? Nowhere (I think maybe Copal are still making #0 for digital lenses but that's probably about it). New Old Stock (as in never used but sitting in a warehouse / inventory for years)? More likely, but NOS shutters alone go for crazy money compared to just-as-working 2nd-hand shutters with lenses mounted in them. 2nd-hand from fleabay? Everywhere. Strangely the ones with glass in them usually go for less than just bare shutters.
There's a guy on eBay selling small electronic repro shutters for about $50 each. He has a whole bunch of them and I bought a box full a year or two ago (when I had the money) when he put them on sale for $25 each. I'd think front-mounting to those would be easy enough. However, the opening is only 40mm... plus a battery-operated controller must be made. If he has several hundred available and would sell his entire inventory cheaply enough maybe that's an option for shutters.
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