Re: Sputnik lenses

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I was just visiting N.Y.  I live in Virginia.  What's a cattle
>>guard?
>>Maybe I can find one, take a picture, and report back. . .;^)
>>Brenda
>
>  Is a cattle guard anything like what we
>call a Texas gate?  (a pit with pipes across
>it so vehicles can drive over but cattle
>won't try to cross)

In Wisconsin, we had the pipes, but no pit.  The round pipes are too
treacherous for cows to walk on. Or they're just too stupid.

To add some element of stereo photography to this thread (Sputniks):  I am
taking delivery of a Sputnik I bought off of eBay.  The price was not low,
but it sounded like it was mint, with all the accessories.

>This Sputnik, a stereo camera for 120 rollfilm is part of a terrific
>outfit. The package includes the camera, lens caps, leather case,
>viewer, printing frame, and instruction book. Everything is in lovely
>shape, clean and working. It looks as though the camera has never been
>used. The focus and F Stop adjustment are smooth, the lenses are clean
>and clear and the shutter is working perfectly. This makes a marvelous
>showpiece or a terrific user.

Oddly, the seller has an office just a few blocks north of where I work in
Manhattan.  He's going to drop it off in fifteen minutes.

Tom "lived on a farm, but not a farm boy" Deering