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[reeveso]

I'm new at using my Century, and I have one question and one problem with the camera.
Q:
How do I focus on the ground glass? Must I manually hold the shutter open at Bulb?

Prob:
I cannot get my cable to release the shutter. Is this common?

thanks.
John

[Dan Fromm]

[Rangemaster]

Depends on the shutter you have, some did require you to use bulb and hold the lens open.

Dave

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[glennfromwy]

Does you shutter have a socket for the cable release? Some shutters, notably Supermatic, came originally with a plug that's screwed into the release socket. Is it still in there? It will have a little knurled head and should screw right out. I take it your shutter doesn't have a "T" (time) setting to hold the shutter open?

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[Henry]

Graphex shutters have a press focus button; details to follow if applicable to your situation. With the Century shutter, as found on the "base model" Century w/103mm f4.5 Graftar lens, you have to use the "T" setting to hold the diaphragm blades open for focussing.

As for the cable release: make sure that the end of the plunger is filed off square, otherwise a rounded plunger end can slip past the little shutter release lever inside there and actually jam---an annoyance easily remedied as above.

[newspeedgraphicuser]

I have a problem with 3-4 of my release cables slipping past the lever in the Graphex shutter. Maybe I'll try the file method to square off the end!

[Rick from OZ]

Henry -regards the "press focus" button on Graphic shutters I assume this is the small round button - with no other apparent use ? Is it supposed to work "anytime", or do you need to do something specific ?

Or maybe mine is just broken: "T" works OK.

Thanks,
Rick

[Dan Fromm]

[Rick from OZ]

Thanks Dan - Supermatic it is, and it works as described.
Rick