Shutter Sound

[E. von Hoegh]

Anyone else heard the story that the word "kodak" came from the sound of a simple shutter?

Apochryphal, AFAIK.

[jnanian]

Anyone else heard the story that the word "kodak" came from the sound of a simple shutter?

hi david

i was watching a movie on the life and times of george eastman ( pbs special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfhsM15nElM )
and it seemed to say kodak was a made up word .. no meaning ... ( 6:48 ) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwBlf..._order&list=UL )

- john

[Newt_on_Swings]

That PBS movie is great I showed it to my photoclass almost a year ago.

[BradleyK]

They all sound great when they're working. It's when they hesitate or stop half way that they cease being musical.


Steve.

Here, here. But some do have a more distinct sound than others. Weighing in, I would give a nod to either the Hasselblad 553EL/X or an F2 w/MD2 chewing through film whilst set on "M3." Or, for a quieter touch...an M series.

[KenS]

The sound that my cell phone makes when I'm 'sneaking' a Q&D of grandson sounds somewhere between the copal and the compur but not as quiet as my compur electronic shutter. I was not aware that either copal or compur made mechanical shutters small enough to fit in behind that small lens on the back.
8-)

Ken

[E. von Hoegh]

A Nikon F with the mirror locked up sounds pretty nice. A Nikkormat FTN with the mirror locked up still sounds like a trap being sprung.

[Grazian]

im in love with the shutter sound of my gx680 klap klabomb :-)

[cliveh]

Actually, I quite like the sound of my Hasselblad 500C when I have locked the focal plane shutter up and expose by just firing the leaf shutter. A sort of shiurrt sound.

[F/1.4]

The sound of a Hasselblad is easily my favorite. Those are cameras where you you can hear them from across the room and not even have to look to know what it is

I like the sound of my Mamiya too, but there's alot of torque.

[wally]

The pentax67's 165mm lens has a leaf shutter in it. To use it, you set the camera's FP shutter to 1/8th and cock the lens' shutter. When you release, you hear a KLUNK...click..KLUNK.