OK, so which is which?

[ChrisN]

In a focal-plane shutter, which is the first curtain, and which is the second?

I'm guessing that the first curtain is the first one that moves when I trip the shutter; the one covering the film when the shutter is cocked. Am I right?


It took three coats of fabric paint, but I now believe (after just developing a roll of blank, lens-cap-on, lens-cap-off test exposures) that I have filled the pinpoint holes in the shutter curtain on the IV-SB. 🙂 🙂

That almost makes up for the photo-blunders of the rest of this weekend. 😡 Don't ask! Let's just say this weekend has been full of lessons learned.

 

[Kin Lau]

In a focal-plane shutter, which is the first curtain, and which is the second?

I'm guessing that the first curtain is the first one that moves when I trip the shutter; the one covering the film when the shutter is cocked. Am I right?

Yup. That's the one.