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| adamcotton Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 7 |  Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject: focal plane shutter, how far in?Hi can anyone tell me how far from the actual focal plane, ie, film back the fp shutter is? THat is, how far in from the back? appreciate your expertise |
| C. Henry Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 360 | Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:07 pm On a 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" Pacemaker Speed Graphic the FP shutter curtain is approximately 7/32" in from the back of the body and the focal (film or ground glass) plane is approximately 3/16" behind the back surface of the body. This makes a total distance between the shutter curtain and the film plane about 13/32" on this size camera. This dimension may be different on other sizes and/or models of Graflex cameras. C. Henry |
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