[MF3D.FORUM:76] Re: New viewer for least talked about format

[Rod Sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam Smith wrote:
>After turning a friend onto 3d, he wanted a to get into the field with
>camera that had the appeal of the Victorian era. Not being able to
afford a
>real stereo tailboard camera, he picked up an old 4x5 for $90 that had
a
>sliding lensboard. He then came up with a great viewer for it.

>There's some pix at:
>http://www.cadvision.com/3dhacker/dviewer.jpg
>http://www.cadvision.com/3dhacker/dviewsd.jpg

Nice design on the viewer. Using binoc lenses is a great idea. It's
difficult to classify this format. Medium width, large height, large
camera. The card in the picture looks almost square. Was there any
cropping on the sides? I love the look of 4x5 transparencies. The cost
can be a bit pricey, (usually about $20 for a box of 10) but I look for
just out of date film for about a dollar a shot. Plus $1.75 each for the
lab to develop. I have an old Speed Graphic with a trashed bellows which
I have been planning to turn into a stereo camera, using a divided
sliding box-in-box with 2 lenses. I could focus on the ground glass,
then mark the boxes for focusing. I don't have a darkroom yet, but it
would be easy to set up for contact prints. I could do them in the bath
tub. :-)
Rod Sage