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craigclu

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Sorting through a box of old gear, I re-discovered an old shutter tester. I believe I bought it as a re-badged Calumet device, perhaps in the late 1970's? I scanned the operating aids on the body of the device in case they were of any interest to anyone as the subject has come up in recent posts. I recall the manual suggesting 3 run throughs; first from slowest to fastest, fastest to slowest and a final slowest to fastest. I had a spreadsheet that graphed out the averages and the erratic behavior of each shutter speed. This was done on a Quattro spreadsheet to give an example of the age of this activity! These testers were extremely inexpensive ($25 or so) if I recall but it seemed to be a legitimate piece of gear with logical results.

I was using Konica 35mm gear with their Seikosha bulletproof shutters, Koni Omega and Rolleiflex TLR's and I recall testing what equipment I used to not vary from expectations. The Konicas only fell off a tiny bit at the very highest shutter speeds and the leaf shutter rigs being 1/2 to 2/3 stops slow at the extreme high speeds.
 

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This was done on a Quattro spreadsheet to give an example of the age of this activity!

Still found in a current version of the WordPerfect office suite
 

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I found a hack on line that allowed me make a pad to support the lens while I was triggering the shutter. Works great
 

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That is a nice shutter tester. Hard to find those these days.
 
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This looks like the unit I have and seems to share the same guide sticker. Mine doesn't have the wired/remote trigger and is simply triggered by the eye. Did you add this. Gordrob?
 

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That is a nice shutter tester. Hard to find those these days.
Appreciate your comment. Thanks
This looks like the unit I have and seems to share the same guide sticker. Mine doesn't have the wired/remote trigger and is simply triggered by the eye. Did you add this. Gordrob?
It is a Calumet Shutter Speed Tester and I added the remote deck from a hack I found online from jbhphoto.com. It is a lot easier to use than just the original tester and not too difficult to build.
 
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Many thanks for the jbhphoto.com link. It was new to me and the tester mod piece looks doable for a tyro like me, too!
 
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