[MF3D.FORUM:1625] Re: Recent new subscribers

[Dylan the Hippy Wabbit <dylan.wabbit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Paul Talbot wrote:

> A few more folks have found their way to our MF 3D list:
>   - Boris Starosta
>   - Philip Steinman
>   - Bill Carson
>   - Friedrich Brantner
>   - Dave Spacey (aka "Dylan the Hippy Wabbit")
> 
> Welcome to the list!

Thanks.

> we take a moment to make note of the new list
> subscribers, and ask them to introduce themselves to
> the list, and describe their experience with and/or
> interest in medium format 3D imaging.  So let's hear
> from the five newcomers!

Well, where to start?

It was actually Boris Starosta's influence got me into medium format.  I'd
been on the photo-3d mailing list for a year or two, and was shooting
lenticular prints, when I bought one of his sets of slide pairs.  Now I
knew in a theoretical sort of way that slides were superior to prints, but
gazing gobsmacked at these stunningly lovely women the thought occurred.
"How much better would they look with better lenses than a Pinsharp
viewer?"  Then greed reared its ugly little head and prompted, "Better
still with bigger slides."

So hear I am!

I'm using a pair of Yashicas in possibly the crudest of twin rigs.  Two
Kaiser quickly detachable adaptors screwed to a piece of wood by their
tripod threads.  Having QD plates on them is a big help when it comes to
reloading, what with the fiddly layout of a TLR.  Plus the cameras stay in
alignment pretty well, since the square plates drop straight back in
position.  So long as the screws are kept tight.  The need to focus one and
wind the other makes them a bit hyper, but I'll just have to tolerate that
for now.

The cameras are triggered with a pair of 'bulb' air release hoses, siamesed
with a T piece from aquarium plumbing.  I found a curved widget to put the
piston down out of view of the lens (the shutter button being right next to
it on TLRs) just as I found another make that wouldn't have needed it. 
Typical.  At first one of the pistons had really bad stiction, and could
lag whole seconds behind its partner.  A last ditch attempt at lubrication
confirmed what I'd suspected.  Mineral oil would sieze it rather than free
it.

The replacement is a beaut though.  On a fast shutter I hear one click, on
a slow setting I hear one opening and one closing click.  I haven't
confirmed yet whether that's good enough for flash, but I've some film in
the fridge waiting its turn for development that will tell me.  When I get
around to it I'll photograph the TV to count how many lines they are out
by.

Those who are also on the photo-3d list will know that I'm still at the
planning stage of sorting out a viewer.  Have to make sure I get it right
though, there's no point going to all the trouble and extra expense just to
look through dodgy optics right?

And the Dylan thing?  I don't know whether you got it in your part of the
woods, but there used to be a psychodelic children's TV show called 'The
Magic Roundabout.'  Dylan was a hippy who was usually asleep in the shade,
and *really* couldn't play his guitar.  Seemed to fit.  ;-)

Dave Spacey

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