Want to Buy Looking for 4x5 shutters

pinholeboy

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #1

Hi,

I am looking to do a project with building my own cameras and I am looking for some fairly inexpensive large format shutters. I dont need the elements and only need the shutter to work in T or B mode.

Let me know if you have any lying around and what you would want for them.

Thanks for your time.

Gordon

 

paul ewins

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #2

Gordon, if you don't have any luck here, look for Polaroid MP-3 or MP-4 shutters. They are usually quite cheap because they often lack an aperture (which was built into the lens) or a full range of speeds. There are a couple of different varieties but all of them should be fine if you are only planning on using them with a pinhole.

 

rorye

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #3

Check with Matt at Glass Key on Haight St.

 

Dan Daniel

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #4

Gordon, check this out-
http://www.largeformatphotography.i...e-with-usable-glass!-90mm-Ex-WA!-83mm-Velo-II

The Compur was just sold, but I'll give you a deal on it?

I have two or three #00 shutters from 120 folders and a beat-up CiroFlex that can do pinhole work. I'll poke through the boxes and come by one day and let you know what I find.

 

Cybertrash

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #5

I've got an old Schneider Angulon 90mm in a Synchro-Compur shutter (#0 I think) that I dropped on the floor. The glass is cracked so the lens is unusable, but the shutter definitely works in B mode. I imagine that shipping from Sweden to the US might be on the pricier side however.

 

removed account4

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #6

hi gordon

is this for pinhole work ?
you might head off to a junque store
and buy some folders
the shutters can easily be unscrewed
from the front standard, are small have b+t
and cost very little.

have fun !
john

 

NancyP

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• Mar 13, 2014

• #7

Look on ebay for a copal 0 shutter currently on offer. If you are doing pinhole work, you don't really need a shutter, just a dark flap and a timer. Any jiggle during raising and lowering flap is insignificant if you have a 10 minute exposure. Take a look at home-made pinhole cameras and you will see the flaps - common solution to problem.