[LargeFormat] ACME and Ilex shutters
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Jul 24 12:32:51 2003
At 9:19 am -0600 24/7/03, Tim Atherton wrote:
>Does anyone know if the ACME (Kodak)#4 Synchro and Ilex Universal #4
>shutters are interchangeable?
>
>i.e. can you take the lens elements out of one and put it straight in
>the other?
>
>thanks
>
>tim
Tim,
It depends on the lens. I know that some Kodak lenses had their own
thread rates for Ilex shutters so you cannot make a direct transfer
of the elements from a Kodak Ilex shutter to an ordinary Ilex
shutter. The Steve Grimes Company web site may have more information
on this.
Cheers,
Clive