Manual Stereo Cameras of the 50's

[P3D allan carrano <allan.carrano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     IMO, the argument over the user friendliness of the 50's cameras (not 
     quality of image features, but ease of use) is superfluous 
     
     Anyone not having the patience to learn exposure in general and the 
     idiosyncrasies of the particular 50's camera at hand, probably sends 
     his film out for mounting rather than do it him/herself.  That is fine 
     for newbies or for quickscans before selecting the best images for 
     precision mounting (Why precision mounting, you ask?  Because that's 
     why you take the slide in the first place;  to see it, to see it in 
     terms that the 2D photographer can't, to have something better.).  And 
     the meticulousness necessary to put the image correctly into a mount 
     outweighs the 15 minutes, 2 hours, one day, 1 week or more it may take 
     to become familiar with the ancient 50's camera you'll be using.
     
     But you're going to make life easy by going with the automated Fed or 
     Nimslo?  That's fine too, but beware.  If it's too tedious for you to 
     use a manual camera, you will probably find proper mounting for that 
     ultimate viewing enjoyment even more tedious.
     
     Now if there was only some way to snap the shutters of my Realist and 
     have a precision mounted slide pop out the side like a Polaroid print 
     --- yeah, that's the ticket! :-)
     
     Allan         
     
       


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