Re: My vacation report

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  - there are MANY of manual steps involved in shooting
>    a stereo pair and I've messed up more than image
>    by missing a step (like forgetting to stop down the
>    aperture after focusing or replacing the dark slide)!

  I've done this with my Bronica when
I use the bellows. Forgetting that
the auto aperture doesn't work on the
bellow.

>I've been using one of the Bogen slide plate thingies and
>am very happy with it for slide-bar use.  It is very solid
>and quick and doubles as a quick-release to get the camera
>off the tripod.

  This is the one Dr T was raving about
(and selling)?

>If everything comes together, I really like the results I
>get.  Unfortunately, working with a slidebar, I am always
>fighting retinal-rivalry problems with something moving
>between the two shots.  Sometimes very long exposures can
>blur some motion (e.g. moving water) to the point where
>the RR doesn't bother me much.  I tried this approach with
>moving grass and it didn't work so well.

  My night shots turned out pretty well in
spite of some RR (clouds and current changes
in the river). But I want to redo them with
my two Ricohflex's to try to get perfect
shots (ha!).

Greg