Re: New MF Stereo camera

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Date sent:      	Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:28:22 -0600
From:           	"Paul A. Lehman" <palehman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:        	New MF Stereo camera
To:             	rkymtmem-3d@xxxxxxxx
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> Hi Gang,
> 
> Joel said it sould be ok to attach pictures to an e-mail to this
> group of my new "home-made" MF stereo camera. But first I thought
> I would check with everyone first to make sure it would not
> overly burden anyone's system before doing so.
> 
> There would be 3 pictures. I currently have them in a jpeg format
> sized at ~150-200kbytes each. Are these too big to send to
> anyone? Recommendations for making them smaller (alternate format
> or as zip'ed files)? All three at once or one at a time? Rather
> than to the whole group, to just those individuals that may be
> interested?
> 
> This camera is the one I've been mentioning recently, turns out
> it works like a charm. The body came from a recycled #3A Kodak
> Folding Brownie, the film roll supports came from an AGFA
> Isolette, viewer and misc hardware from a Model 95A Polaroid. The
> bellows were hand made and it was recovered in "Moroccan"
> leather. When folded it measures 10"x4.5"x2.5". It produces a
> pair of 6x7 cm images using the 127mm Polaroid in Copal lenses.
> The lenses are as close as I could get them resulting in an
> ocular spacing of 76mm. They are fired with a double cable
> release. Focusing is in 6 steps (using the original Brownie
> hardware) at 3,6,12,25,50,and 200 feet. At f16, set to 200 feet,
> image focus appears good from about 10ft to infinity. I get 5
> stereo pairs from one roll of 120 film, with one single frame
> left over.
> 
> Comments, interest?
> Paul A. Lehman
> 
Any ideas where I can get a Double Cable release?.
I have lost mine and despite searching all of the camera shops in 
the adjacent 50 mile radius there have been none available. I don't 
mind paying overseas mail to get one as I can not use my Lubital 
lashup without it.
Tony (UK)