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I recently got an early variant of PRONTOR shutter with a 75mm f4.5 Ensar lens, evidently from a unit-focussing Ensign camera.
After the customary flood cleaning, including a few minutes in an ultrasonic bath, the delay and escapement mechanisms were removed. Loose rust was removed; the remaining dark spots seen in the pictures are where surface rust was breaking through the plating of the metal surfaces.
After a frugal addition of Moebius 8000 watch oil to the various pivots, all seemed to be well except for the escapement sticking, exactly the same as was shown for another early Prontor shutter here. That was also labelled simply PRONTOR, and had a similar design of escapement, although there were differences elsewhwere, notable the orientation of the delay mechanism being transposed.
In the case of my shutter, I found it ran properly after I re-assembled it with the (symmetrical) escapement rocker turned upside-down.
Gente que esmalte feio! Só usei porque estava fazendo o desafio 14 cores, 14 marcas (que ficou sem finalizar).
Além de ser amarelo ovo, essa pegada cintilante é muito feia. Enfim,não tive nem coragem de esmaltar a outra mão,tirei tudo.
3 X #pronto,falei
I don't want to go beyond here, because I don't have any reference at this time. But I think the two bronze screws at the bottom right and left of the picture hold this in. There may be another in the top, under all those levers. And the screw on the right has a spring anchored on it. Who knows what that is attached to.
At this point, there is no need for further disassembly on my part, because this is all working as it should. But if you have a stuck shutter, some Ronsonal dropped in the slots where the small chrome actuators poke through, and on the bladed themselves may help to unstick things. But don't flood it, as this backs up to the light baffle box, and you may be forever waiting for the resultant overflow to evaporate. And you run the risk of loosening the glue on the leather covering. Just a drop or two at a time will do, and sometimes it will take multiple applications to truly clear all the gunk out.
Note: After further review, I decided to go ahead and remove the front plate and shutter base. More to follow.
Una foto brutta ha sempre una citazione.
Una foto bella un titolo.
Un capolavoro sta in piedi da solo.
Se vuoi mandare un messaggio telefona, non fare una foto.
(oops questa è una citazione)
Ai, estão prontos pra Donas.
O tecido da Hello Kitty acabou, mas tenho outros novos tecidos lindos.
Não posso mostrar, pq tenho muitas encomendas pra terminar.
Deixa eu acabar de fazer outras encomendas e dps faço os vestidos novos e coloco aqui.
Gauthier Prontor leaf shutter nr.711g
As found in its original sparepart box.
Front view.
Nice detail, the diaphragma is in front of the shutter blades.
Rockaway Beach, OR; this sampling of photos is from my summer trip to Washington & Oregon. Lots more photos to come. Different photos at my blog:
and, eventually, LOADS more photos from this trip at my website: www.RoadsideArchitecture.com
Gauthier Prontor leaf shutter nr.381
This is a guess as there is no name or logo on the shutter and there was written 381 on the box with a pen.
Year of production unknown. Probably somewhere in the 1960s.
As found in its original sparepart box.
Front view.
This is a leaf shutter with a mount for interchangeable lenses.
The Indianapolis debut of the Pronto Pup at the Wright Ice Cream Parlor in 1946.
Previously unpublished photo.
Gauthier Prontor leaf shutter nr.649g
Year of production 1965.
As found in its original sparepart box.
Front view.
Detail, no diaphragma blades.
Might be for the Voigtländer Vitomatic IIb
Gauthier Pronto leaf shutter nr.597g
Year of production 1963.
As found in its original sparepart box.
Front view.
As used on the Voigtländer Vito C.
At about the same time as England Lionesses scored their third goal on 16-06-23 I photographed Stagecoach Pronto 10975 SN18 KTK in Sherwood
Two of my prewar folders. They were low-end to begin with, now they are cool.
On the left, a Franka with a Velostigmat 7,5cm f/4,5 in a Vario shutter to 1/100.
On the right, my newest, a Certo Super Sport Dolly, a 7.5cm Ludwig-Dresden Victar f/4,5 in a Prontor shutter to 1/125 sec. Probably a triplet lens.
Having been bored last week I bought two cameras - the other one's a Fujica ST605 - and of course this was the one I had to take out to take pictures with first. Results next week I hope.