[LargeFormat] deGroff Air-Way Shutter Releases

[Lee Carmichael]

Clive,
         I think Calumet sell this item.  A buddy of mine here in Texas 
used to use them when he was shooting Lg format.  If I see him on line I 
will ask him.
lee


At 09:45 PM 1/21/01 +0000, you wrote:
>A few very useful items popped through the post box a couple of days ago and
>gave me a good excuse to try out a new (to me) digital camera - an Olymus
>C2000Z.
>
>I have been battling with old shutter release cables for some time when using
>Betax shutters and Ilex Commercial Ektar shutters. Some of you may know that
>they have a now unusual threaded attachment point for cable releases.
>
>The useful items are deGroff air-way shutter releases. These are 
>cylindrical devices which screw on to the shutter cable attachment point 
>and are operated by an air bulb. By pure chance they are exactly what I 
>had been looking for and will make life a lot easier when using the 
>unsynched shutters with studio flash.
>
>I have posted some images on the f32 Discussion Forum at the following URL:
>
>http://www.f32.net/cgi-local/discus/show.cgi?59/60
>
>The shutter releases are very well made from high grade alloy and these 
>examples work perfectly. They were an unexpected inclusion with some other 
>kit recently purchased from the USA.
>
>Now I know that they exist a couple more would be very useful :-) So, if 
>you have any of these beasts lurking unused then please let me know.
>--
>All the best,
>
>             Clive Warren   http://www.f32.net
>                            Large Format travel and stock photography
>
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