RE:RE: Advice to proud new Nimslo Owner

[GCCampos@xxxxxxx]

> With all due respect, my advice would be to find Sherman and Peabody's
Wayback
> Machine, go back and cancel the order and buy a Realist (or frankly, any
other
> "real" 3D camera as opposed to a novelty gimmick). 

Did someone beat you with a Nimslo Camera as a child?:)

> It's a much better camera all around, and its output is more standard. 
> ...if you shoot slides you're going to have to use the non-standard 4-perf
mounts...

Non-standard doesn't mean lower quality, necessarily. I don't mind being a
litttle different.
Is the lense quality noticeably better in the Realist 3.5?

> With a Nimslo you're not going to be able to get lenticulars without paying
a big 
> premium any more; ...
> if you shoot negs, you're going to have to constantly hassle with labs who
will look at 
> your work like it just came in by FedEx from Mars.

If I modify my Nimslo to advance 1.5 full frames at a time, and cover the
right or left lense, won't the negatives be identicle to that of any
"standard" three lense camera?
I didn't buy the camera to make lenticular prints though, I bought it so I
could use the outside pictures for regular Holmes cards, and the inside ones
for bright light close-ups.  

I have already located local photo shops that said they would develope the
print film like any other "standard" print film (except with two pictures on
each print) or slide film for the same price of developing "standard" slide
film (I would have to mount them myself). 

> Sure the Nimslo is a convenient "point and shoot" camera, but that just
means that it
> is locked down to a standard compromise version of the familiar "sunny 16"
rule, which 
> of course you can also do with a Realist if you don't want to think about
it, either.

What is the "sunny 16" rule?  Does that mean the f-stop is stuck at 16 and
the shutter speed is the only thing that changes?  (I'm new  to photography
too.)  One reason I chose the Nimslo was that I was under the impression that
the Nimslo had a faster (shorter duration) shutter speed so I could take
pictures in bright sun, on snow, at high elevations, or better stop action
pictures.  Can the Realist take close-ups?

Who knows maybe my next stereo camera will be a Realist, or even better, a
pair of sychronized 35mm cameras.

Thanks for your opinion, I do wan't to know more about this hobby (way of
life?).

Grant


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