Re: New Viewer, Hot Shoe & Vignetting

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>New Viewer - I was in the local camera store today looking for something
>(see below) and found the following in a BKA (Brandess-Kalt-Aetna Group
>1-800-621-5488) catalog: Deep-Vue Life-Like Stereo Viewer #010 catalog
>#DVC-LLSV list price $109.00 US. It is plastic bodied, takes two D cells and
>has "pin-point focus". No description of the lenses. Does anyone know
>anything about this viewer? It sort of looks like a Star-D only with the
>focus knob on the side.

This viewer has been offered for sale for years now.  Reel 3-d stocks it
too.  The price increased from around $60 to $109 recently.  This is not a
$109 viewer.  Mechanical construction is OK but the optics are cheap
plastic.  I have a few for sale at $55 (like-new).

>Vignetting - I just shot my first roll of film in my new Realist 3.5 (David
>White lenses). I seem to be getting vignetting at f22. Is this a common
>problem with this camera or these lenses? It doesn't happen at f16. Is there
>any fix for the problem?

Common "problem".  Fix:  Don't use f22!  Seriously, how often do you *need*
f22?

George Themelis


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