[MF3D.FORUM:1246] Re: MZ66 MOUNTS

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sam wrote:
> 
> I just finished a series of emails with Yoshi of Toaphoto regarding the
> MZ66 stereo mounts as shown at:
> http://www.ny.airnet.ne.jp/toaphoto/00may/sindex/mount/html/mz66_e.html
> 
> These have to be the most expensive MF mount available (around $140 USD for
> 50) so I was try to get him to tell me why. I explained that I was from a
> small community of MF stereo enthusiasts, and would greatly appreciate
> seeing a sample of these mounts before I invested a considerable amount in
> something I've never seen.
> 
> Of course the answer was politely no, and it really seems they have no
> interest selling the mounts to anyone but users of their extremely
> expensive "twinning" system.
> 
> Has anyone in this group ever purchased or seen this company's products? Do
> they show up at the conventions?

I offered a customer in Japan a credit against a future order if
he would mail me one mount.  They are a black frame and made of
steel!  I'm not entirely sure how to use them.  Is there some kind
of mask that goes inside the steel frame?  Within hours of receiving
the one sample, it went out in the mail to Jacob van Ekeren in The
Netherlands along with some other samples I was sending him.  (I
asked to have it back when he's finished with it.)  According to
the customer who sent it to me, airmail postage was $8 from Japan,
for the single steel mount.  (Seems high to me, but....)

Paul Talbot