Re: Hello from newbie in MD.

[erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Erker)]

>     I'm Lattie Smart. I've been shooting mostly Realist for the last 7 years.
>After seeing the MF viewer Alan/RMM had at Richmond, I starting getting that
>old, tingly 3-D fanatic sensation all over again (actually, the sensation of
>dollars bills jettisoning from my back pocket :-) ).

  :)

> I think a QUALITY, affordable viewer is
>what is going to bring more die-hard 35mmers into MF.

  I think Sam's low cost kit would help too.
Too bad you can't get any more of the lenses
and boxes Sam.

>I also want a "real" TLR. Greg Erker has pretty much convinced me to go
>for a Diacord. I've heard a lot of nice things about the Autocord. I don't
>want to spend much more that $100 and want to accessorize it and stick
>it on a slide bar. Any suggestions out there? What should I look for if I
>eventually want to twin it?

  I tried my best to give him an
accurate picture of what's available
in spite of my Ricoh-centric mindset :)

  BTW if you haven't seen it yet I
have a photo of a twinned (but not
siamesed) Autocord setup on my web
page at:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/twinautocord.html

  To be clear on terms: a twin rig
is two separate cameras that you shoot
stereos with. Twinned cameras are attached
to each other (bolted together?) but you
still have to set each one separately.
Siamesed cameras have at least some of
the following linked together: focus, aperture
setting, shutter speeds, shutter release,
or shutters fully linked.

  I think Lattie is looking for TLRs that
can be siamesed fully, including linking
shutters together.

Greg