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The '''Compur''' is a long-lived series of leaf shutters that were made by the German company [[Deckel|F. Deckel]], based in Munchen. The Compur appeared in 1912<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 6. </REF> and was based on the [[Compound]], but was equipped with a geared slow speed governor instead of a piston and cylinder device. | The '''Compur''' is a long-lived series of leaf shutters that were made by the German company [[Deckel|F. Deckel]], based in Munchen. The Compur appeared in 1912<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 6. </REF> and was based on the [[Compound]], but was equipped with a geared slow speed governor instead of a piston and cylinder device. | ||
Revision as of 22:01, 7 August 2008
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The Compur is a long-lived series of leaf shutters that were made by the German company F. Deckel, based in Munchen. The Compur appeared in 1912[1] and was based on the Compound, but was equipped with a geared slow speed governor instead of a piston and cylinder device.
The first Compur shutters were dial set. This means that the speed setting is by way a rotating dial at the top of the shutter plate. The later models were rim set, with a speed setting rim around the shutter housing. The Compur shutters are equipped with a self-timer from 1928.[2]
The Compur-Rapid is a model released in 1935[3], attaining 1/500 in #00 size and 1/400 in #0 size.
After the war, the Synchro-Compur added an MXV synch selector.
Notes
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