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Roller-Blind Shutter

1905

Camera Shutter

1880-1910

Waterhouse Stops

1870-1880

Unicum Camera Shutter

1891

Camera Shutter Release

1920-1940

Roller-Blind Shutter

1905

Roller-Blind Shutter

1905

Camera Shutter

1888

Waterhouse-type Shots

1875 -1885

Pneumatic Shutter Pump

1915-1925

Compur Diaphragm Shutter

1915-1925

Box for Thornton-Pickard Shutter

1892-1930

Roller-Blind Shutter

1905-1910
Kerr cell shutter.

Kerr cell shutter

Jackson's instantaneous shutter. Title on bone inset plaque.

Jackson's instantaneous shutter

1850-1900
Five blade between lens shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/200/300/B/T. Cable release socket, iris diaphragm calibrated f/6.3-22. No 72180. M.O. Company, c.1910

Velosto Shutter No 1

1905-1915
Before lens shutter for 35mm screwed mount, rotating shutter, tensioned by leaf spring behind shutter plate. First mode. Lancaster, 1882.

instantograph rotary shutter

1882
ACG Acro shutter. Callibrated for Rapid Achromatic lens (missing).

ACG Acro shutter

Rotary shutter powered by elastic band, adjustable tension, 40mm screw mount for before lens use. Lancaster, 1882.

Lancaster Instantograph Shutter

1882
Four-section.

Cinema projection box safety shutters

Two blade adjustable shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/T/B cocking lever pneumatic release and delay valves. Iris diaphragm calibrated f6-45, made by Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb Unicum shutter

Achromatic lens with before lens shutter, two blade T/I. With iris diaphragm F:8-30. In flange. Lancaster.

Lancaster Lens and Shutter

13cm diameter hemispherical bellows shutter, pneumatically operated piston opens and closes jaws of bellows.

bellows shutter for studio camea

Chronolux shutter. Before lens type for 38mm screwed lens mount, sliding plate rises and falls, exposure time determined by clockwork escapement. 3 / 2 3/4 / 2 1/2 / 2 1/4 / 2 / 1 3/4 / 1 1/2 / 1 1/4 / 1 / 3/4 / 2 / 4 / 16 / 64. Pneumatic release valve. Lancaster.

Chronolux shutter. Before lens type for 38mm screwed lens mount

Studio shutter of flat metal for mounting behind lens. Pneumatic valve operates three ebonite blades.

studio shutter

Wollensak RR lens and shutter, made by Wollensack Opticals, of Rochester New York. F:6"; c. f.8. Junior shutter TBI. Pneumatic release valve.

Wollensak RR lens and shutter

Metal before lens shutter, with two sliding plates with curved ends, adjustable tension, pneumatic release valve (incomplete), for 59mm lens barrel (screw fitting).

before lens shutter

Brass rotary shutter for 33mm diameter screw lens mount, powered by elastic band lever for adjustable tension. Lancaster, c.1890.

An Instantograph Rotary Shutter

1875-1885
Luc studio shutter, 90mm diameter. ^ bladed suitable for lens mounts 90-110mm with five fixing screws. Open, instantaneous and time settings. Cable release socket, No. 52520.

Luc studio shutter

Patent roller blind shutter for lens - B opening. Pneumatic operation with no ball or tube. No. M 81766. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard Studio Shutter

Guillotine shutter operated by rotating pneumatic mechanism. 1/2/4/8/16/32/64/100. Cocked by turning knob which tensions coil spring. Exposure time determined by stroke of rotating pneumatic valve. Release by rubber bulb mechanism. Fixed by double screw clamps. 32-50mm lens mount. Adams And Co.

Adams adjustable shutter

Rapid rectilinear lens and shutter, made by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rapid rectilinear lens, c. F:10" in Bausch and Lomb diaphragm shutter. U.S. 4-246 speeds: 3/2/1/2/5/25/50/100/T. 11043. (M1594)

Rapid rectilinear lens and shutter

Special sector shutter from B daylight Kodak camera. String cocked and self capping. Eastman Kodak, 1891-1895.

Eastman sector shutter

1891-1895
TP type, blinds perished. L & T Underwood landscape lenses, iris diaphragms f/11.

Pair of Stereo Lenses in Rollerblind Shutter

A before lens wooden shutter with moving blind actuated by two draw strings for 38mm lens mount.

Pull-Down Blind Shutter

1883-1893
Before lens shutter for 40mm screwed lens mount, oval shape with two sliding plates with semi circular ends. With a pneumatic release valve, time stops, iris diaphragm before shutter calibrated at 10-30. Lancaster, 1894.

Lancaster See-Saw Shutter

1884
Large rollerblind shutter for 4 1/2 inches diameter lens mount. 10/20/30/40/50/T on 9 inch square wooden panel with flange for T-H lens. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard time and inst. Shutter

Before lens rollerblind shutter 12/25/35/50/70/T. String cocked, fitted with cable release. For 6cm diameter lens mount. B 2147. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard Time and Instantaneous Shutter

Thornton Pickard focal plane shutter for whole plate camera. /200/400/600/800/1000 sec. Focusing screen in swing out back. No. E 72583.

Thornton Pickard focal plane shutter

Three blade shutter mechanism on plate, from Colorsnap camera.

Colorsnap Camera Shutter Mechanism

1952-1962
Before lens shutter on 27mm tube with achromatic lens, two sliding plates with V ends operated by pneumatic release valve with time stop. Of rectangular shape with rounded edge. Lancaster, 1891.

Lancaster see-saw shutter with landscape lens

1891
Kodak lens and Kodex shutter, made by Eastman Kodak. Assembled at Kodak Limited. F:131mm, f/7.9-45 RR type lens; Kodex shutter number 1/25/50/T/T everset. (M204)

Kodak Lens and Kodex Shutter

1929
Spring actuated rotary shutter, 3 speed settings, and T fitted in 28mm landscape lens mount with rotating disc with 3 apertures, in flange.

Rotary Before Lens Shutter

1901-1911
Roller blind shutter for stereo camera 45/60/75/90/T. 8.5cm separation, 3.8cm diameter lens mount fitting.

Stereo Rollerblind Shutter

Before lens studio shutter with 3 point adjustable fitting for lens diameter 4-6cm. Two pairs of semi-circular blades actuated by pneumatic release, lever locked blades in open position.

G M Studio Shutter

f/7.7, No 18620. With cable release, on lens panel.

Aldis Anastigmat No 7 lens on Thornton-Pickard Time-Inst shutter

Before lens shutter for lens diameters 25-55mm 3 screw fitting. With aluminium flap shutter, spring loaded, lifting mechanism missing. Horne's Patent.

Horne's Patent Shutter

Leonar Extra Rapid Aplanat lens in Vario shutter. F=130mm, f6.3; iris calibrated from f8-32. ACG Vario shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Cable release socket.

Leonar Extra Rapid Aplanat Lens in Vario shutter

VS 18 Bausch and Lomb Automat shutter with Beck double Aplanat lens. 2-blade shutter 1/2/ 5/25/50/100/B/T. pneumatic and mechanical releases. f7.7 double aplanat lens Convertible - 6 1/2" combined, 9 1/2" rear, 12 1/2" front. Aperture scales for three combinations.

Bausch and Lomb Automat Shutter with Beck Double Aplanat lens

One flap shutter for steroscopic camera

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