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The Vario appeared in 1912, the same year as the [[Pronto]], and both shutter models were modified in 1929.<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 6. </REF> |
The Vario appeared in 1912, the same year as the [[Pronto]], and both shutter models were modified in 1929.<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 6. </REF> |
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+ | Most Vario shutters have 25, 50, 100, B, T speed settings. Another wide-spread variant has the speeds 1/25 sec., 1/50 sec., 1/200 sec., and B. |
== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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Revision as of 17:03, 11 August 2007
The Vario is a long-lived series of leaf shutters that were made by the German company Gauthier based in Calmbach.
The Vario appeared in 1912, the same year as the Pronto, and both shutter models were modified in 1929.[1]
Most Vario shutters have 25, 50, 100, B, T speed settings. Another wide-spread variant has the speeds 1/25 sec., 1/50 sec., 1/200 sec., and B.
Notes
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 6.
Bibliography
- Kamera no mekanizumu sono I: "Hai! Chīzu" Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten (カメラのメカニズム・そのⅠ・「ハイ！チーズ」瞬間をとらえ続けるシャッター展, Camera mechanism, part 1 "Cheese!" Exhibition of instant taking shutters). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number)
Links
- A discussion of the postwar Compur-Rapid and Synchro-Compur models in a page by Andrew Yue about the Agfa Isolette
- Repair notes of a rimset Compur and of a Compur-Rapid at Daniel Mitchell's camera site
- Synchro-Compur servicing at Roland and Caroline's website
- Compur shutters at S.K. Grimes