Monthly Archives: May 2023

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Using 8×10 Barrel Lens with a Sinar Copal Shutter

… and with flash! Look at this beauty. An 8×10 barrel “Gundlach” single meniscus lens on a Gibellini AG810 with Sinar Copal shutter and modern (Godox) flash. Works great. I 3-d printed the lens adapter board. As long as the lens is not super heavy ( > 3 lbs) and the back cells are not too deep, the setup works great. Update: I have now mounted a lens over 4 lbs with the setup (a 360mm/4.5 Universal Heliar) and it works fine. I would reinforce the latch with gaffy tape though. The Sinar Copal shutter is the best option to […]