[MF3D.FORUM:1676] Old Member Introduction

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess it is my turn for an introduction.

I started in photography (flat) when I was 13 (now 44) and 
living in Japan (Air Force father) where camera equipment was 
inexpensive.

My first real exposure to stereo was a Nimslo bought from a 
liquidator in the mid 1980's. I had four or five rolls of 
lenticular prints done and then lost interest because of cost 
and turn around time.

About five years ago a friend showed me some of his stereo 
cave images (slides from a Wollensak) and I was hooked. Later 
that year my wife surprised me with an Owla and Delta viewer. 
>From there it was on to a 3.5 Realist, then a 2.8 German lens 
Realist, and finally an RBTX3A with the Macro Attachment. 
Macro stereo is my greatest passion.

I became really proficient at mounting and started doing 
workshops and tutorials using the RBT jig to Spicer mount 
method. I even went so far as to offer to mount other people's 
images. I have done quite a bit of that as well as mounting MF 
in Spicer mounts for others. I must admit that the latter was 
done as a way to see MF images as I didn't have a MF camera of 
my own.

Last summer I was loaned a modified Sputnik and have been 
learning all its "features". I hope to get a lot of cave 
images shot this summer in anticipation of showing them at the 
MF Show at the NSA Convention. This is quite a difficult 
undertaking as the Spud needs to be shot at f11 or smaller to 
get sharp images. That translates to a whole lotta light in a 
cave!

I hope to move on to a better MF rig someday. I just need to 
pay off the second mortage that bought the RBT first. If only 
I could have a MF Macro Stereo for shooting live, moving 
subjects! A setup like the RBT Macro would work great - just 
need to have two MF cameras at the other end.

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx