Pardon my mental meltdown. Of course the Wollensak lens has no ap
blades. The Compur leaf shutter controls the size of the ap.
Paul
On Oct 11, 2009, at 5:31 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
The world's best camera repairman has left us. As many of you know,
Marty Forscher headed up Professional Camera Repair Service in New
York for many years. He was the guy who kept the cameras of the
world's finest photographers in perfect working order. When I was
working at Hearst Magazine Division for peanuts in the early
eighties, one of the perks of the job was free camera repairs at
Marty's place. He rebuilt my Speed Graphic with its Wollensak lens
and my Mamiya TLR leaf shutter lenses. The Mamiya and its lenses are
long gone, but I still have the Speed Graphic and that old Wollensak
127 mm lens. Both are still working great. The cameras leaf shutter
work, and the Wollensak's ap blades are smooth and dry. The Compur
leaf shutter behind the Wollensak lens still seems to be perfect at
every speed. At the time, Marty told me the Compur shutter in that
lens and the aperture blades should still be working perfectly long
after I was gone from this place. Well, Marty is gone, but the Speed
Graphic and I endure. Perhaps I should shoot a 4x5 in memory of Marty.
Paul
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