Murray@uptowngallery
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I have a lens/shutter from a Moskva 5, body long-since gone.
I'm debating it's possible uses.
The front cell rotates the proper amount from 1,5m to infinity, but doesn't 'unthread' as it's rotated to 1,5 m.
I would assume it is for some reason not engaged in the threads, or maybe a previous owner even removed them. While it would be nice to know that the cells as spaced properly at infinity, and then put it on a 2x3 press camera, maybe I'll just do it without knowing their position and see what it does.
What I am also curious about is, since the Moment (24?) shutter is reportedly a Compur copy, is it likely to be a standard thread?
I am not rushing to pull it apart yet as the shutter works well, the lens at least focuses on a wall (long way from this to usefullness, however), but I wonder if it's a #1 size. The lens is f/3.5 and larger in diameter than a Wollensak Raptar or 101 mm Ektar from the same format, so I guess the threads are larger in diameter, too.
Thanks
Murray
I'm debating it's possible uses.
The front cell rotates the proper amount from 1,5m to infinity, but doesn't 'unthread' as it's rotated to 1,5 m.
I would assume it is for some reason not engaged in the threads, or maybe a previous owner even removed them. While it would be nice to know that the cells as spaced properly at infinity, and then put it on a 2x3 press camera, maybe I'll just do it without knowing their position and see what it does.
What I am also curious about is, since the Moment (24?) shutter is reportedly a Compur copy, is it likely to be a standard thread?
I am not rushing to pull it apart yet as the shutter works well, the lens at least focuses on a wall (long way from this to usefullness, however), but I wonder if it's a #1 size. The lens is f/3.5 and larger in diameter than a Wollensak Raptar or 101 mm Ektar from the same format, so I guess the threads are larger in diameter, too.
Thanks
Murray
