Rodenstock stops manufacture of a number of LF lenses

[miha]

With max 1/60 s I see the Schneider electronic shutter beeing designed for studio shots mostly.

 

[StoneNYC]

Rodenstock electronic shutter:
http://www.rodenstock-photo.com/en/main/news/eshutter/

Schneider electronic shutter:
http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/en/photo-imaging/product-field/photo-lenses/products/large-format-lenses/helical-mount-and-accessories/#c1750

On the Rodenstock link it says the line is "clearly better results" with the electronic shutter... But I don't know how it can be better if it won't function without a PC.... Not exactly carry my computer up and down mountains just to run my shutter... FAIL lol

I do like the fact they are using rounded shutter blades though.

Since they already have tooled up for most if the design (shutter blades, exterior shutter parts etc) they could possibly design a mechanical shutter with less investment cost...

OR add some kind if mini battery attachment to run the electronics... Wouldn't work for me but is better than carrying your computer around...

 

[AgX]

Rodenstock:

The shutter can be fully controlled from your computer, as well as by iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad via Wi-Fi the computer.

Do you really want a mechanical one or just an electronic one that is selfsustained (as the late Compur Electronic)?

 

[miha]

It can be controlled via many gadgets but it still needs a PC/MAC to be connected to: http://www.rodenstock-photo.com/mediabase/original/Rodenstock_eShutter.en_10383.pdf (page 4)

 

[AgX]

I did not look into the manual...
As I did not expect such a kind of nonsense design (seen from the perspective of an analogue photographer).



Keep it simple:
http://www.suaudeau.eu/memo/Les_obturateurs/Les_obturateurs_centraux/compur/Compur_electronic_3.JPG
That aperture control bar is just an accessory and can be taken off, then it looks like a pure mechanical shutter except for that battery case.

 

[miha]

I did't look into the manual either - with the exception of the sheme on page 4 - so maybe I'm wrong as the design seems strange indeed.

 

[David Lindquist]

Thanks. I understand Rodenstock offer lifetime warranty (I'm not sure about Schneider) so they must have secured quite some shutters for future repairs.

Their lifetime warranty may not include the shutter. Back in 1997 when I bought a new 120 mm Schneider Super Symmar HM in a Copal shutter, Schneider had a "lifetime" guarantee but it explicitly excluded the shutter.

David

 

[Oren Grad]

Their lifetime warranty may not include the shutter. Back in 1997 when I bought a new 120 mm Schneider Super Symmar HM in a Copal shutter, Schneider had a "lifetime" guarantee but it explicitly excluded the shutter.

Just grabbed the warranty card from a 135 Apo-Sironar-S that was imported by Rodenstock's authorized US distributor, HP Marketing. The lifetime warranty is for the "lens"; a three-year warranty is provided for any shutter sold with the lens.