A recent medical scare has finally convinced me that it's time to shed weight, both my own and that of my equipment, so I'm offering up much of my larger, heavier gear over the next few months. I've never used most of this stuff, it's been awaiting my foray into 8x10/7x11 which, if it ever does happen, will use lighter and slower lenses.
I bought this very clean Alphax 5 shutter a few years ago - my plan had been to use it for "something", possibly front-mounted, but I never found a lens I wanted to use with it. It weighs 556 grams (just under 1-1/4 US pounds) with the included mounting flange. The aperture opening is perfectly round throughout its range and both aperture and shutter blades are clean and oil-free. The maximum usable opening is about 2-3/16" and the mounting diameter is around 2-15/16 inches. The front plate has no aperture markings - send this off to SKGrimes with your lens of choice and have it engraved as you wish.
The speeds shown on the accompanying timing card in Carol Flutot's handwriting from a few years ago are pretty typical of #5 shutters; the "fast" speeds are slow and the marked 1/50 is purely aspirational with the reality a stop slower. The actual speeds sound very consistent. Carol marked the location of 1/8 second with a black dot.
LensN2Shutter shows these starting at $400 ( http://lensn2shutter.com/shutters.html ). I'm asking $325 for US buyers, and this price includes shipping and PayPal G&S fees.
I bought this very clean Alphax 5 shutter a few years ago - my plan had been to use it for "something", possibly front-mounted, but I never found a lens I wanted to use with it. It weighs 556 grams (just under 1-1/4 US pounds) with the included mounting flange. The aperture opening is perfectly round throughout its range and both aperture and shutter blades are clean and oil-free. The maximum usable opening is about 2-3/16" and the mounting diameter is around 2-15/16 inches. The front plate has no aperture markings - send this off to SKGrimes with your lens of choice and have it engraved as you wish.
The speeds shown on the accompanying timing card in Carol Flutot's handwriting from a few years ago are pretty typical of #5 shutters; the "fast" speeds are slow and the marked 1/50 is purely aspirational with the reality a stop slower. The actual speeds sound very consistent. Carol marked the location of 1/8 second with a black dot.
LensN2Shutter shows these starting at $400 ( http://lensn2shutter.com/shutters.html ). I'm asking $325 for US buyers, and this price includes shipping and PayPal G&S fees.