Lyndon,
Couldn't you put the contacts on the largest opening? I think that
uncovers the whole film. Kind of slow, but I should think it would
work.
Gene Johnson
"Lyndon Fletcher (UAB)" wrote:
>
> Actually you can't X sync the rear shutter on a Graphlex. Unlike modern FP shutters
>that open all the way during exposures, the Graphlex FP shutter is actually just a
>narrow slit that moves across the filmplane "painting out" the image. Electronic
>flashes are simply of too sort a duration to allow an image to be painted. Even if
>the sync was correct you would only get a strip of image taken through the slit as
>the electronic flash freezes the shutter motion. Even in the old days flash bulbs
>were not always suitable either, you had to use special "FP" bulbs that would keep an
>even illumination long enough for the shutter to complete it's travel across the film.
>
> The only way to get X sync is to fit a front shutter. Alternately you could open the
>rear shutter in a darkened room and then set off the flash by hand.
>
> Lyndon
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