Pronto shutter on Agfa Billy III image by James (Image rights)

The Pronto is a long-lived series of leaf shutters made by the German company Gauthier based in Calmbach.

The Pronto appeared in 1912, the same year as the Vario, and both shutter models were modified in 1929 while the Pronto was synchronized in 1930.^[1]

Pronto shutters have 25, 50, 100, B, T speed settings.

Notes Edit

1. ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 6.

Bibliography Edit

• 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)