>> Okay, but there are no threads there.
>>
> The fitting may be missing. On most shutters the cable
> release socket is a separate part held in with a nut or clip
> or some other way. I've had to make****ft sockets for a
> couple of Ilex shutters were they were missing.
Ya know what? I just got the lens, and in that hole there ARE threads
there!
They just didn't show it in the shots they took for ebay. But the threads
are
different than the modern tapered standard, just no taper, straight walls
with
threads. I attempted to use a tapered thread cable release, the threads
at the
widest did catch at the top of the hole and it did trip the shutter but I
know
now that I need a short throw / short pin type, with this older style of
non
tapered thread. Do you know what I can do about that? Or, where the
right
one can be found? Maybe a bu****ng adapter is out there?
The glass in this lens is beautiful to look at, though there is some
crystalization
of the adhesive they used, around the edges of the front cell. A very
little
around the rear cell's edge, it's workable (the seller dod not reveal this
on their
page). No yellowing in the glass ttlg. A bit of a stop-down should
cancel any
possible effect.
This is a very small lens and shutter! So it must be for 4x5 indeed. The
front
cell is 14" and the rear is 11" just as you described! 6-3/4" together.
So that's
171.45mm, 279.4mm, and 355.6 - all with an image circle that will cover
4x5"
only? Would you know what the image circles are, from your books?
The Regno works like a charm all around, but not tight like a newer one,
or a
compound. Definitely light-tight though, I took a good close look using
light.
The two patent dates are as follows: May 30 1911 and Aug 13 1912. So
this
shutter is around 100 years old. Lovely device.
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