Popular items in recent DrT sale...

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!  The most popular items in my previous sale proved to be these two:

>  Realist bubble level attachment ............................ $20
   Attaches to the Realist via a ring in the front view window
   The bubble is visible through the view finder.

>  Close-up filters with convergence control................... $35
   Pair of prismatic filters allow focusing at 20 inches w/
   correct stereo window.  Comes with instructions.

Elliott Swanson got those, but, unfortunately, I cannot find them!
I thought I packed them for my trip to Cincinnati but have not seen
them since I came back...

The Realist bubble level is a small accessory.  This is the third
I have seen.  They all came attached to a Realist camera but they
can be easily removed and put back.  I wish someone could make something
similar today... looks very simple.  Just a piece of aluminum that
fits in the Realist viewfinder and a small (really small!) bubble
level at the bottom which is visible thought the viewfinder.  It
is true that this accessory blocks a bit of the image as seen through
the view finder but it did not look like a problem to me...

The close-up filters are generic (not Realist specific) series V
filters (I forget the name of the company that made them).  I tried
them in one roll.  With the camera at infinity I checked the focus
and it was dead 20 inches.  I did notice a certain amount of distortion
(I am tempted to say "Keystone distortion" but I am afraid that Rev.
Robert will excommunicate me this time... ;) ;) ;)).  I decided not
to keep the filters because of this distortion and also the excessive
deviation (imagine, 70 mm interocular at 20 inches away from the 
subject!).

I have one question regarding another item that I had for sale:

>  At least 200 Realist 7-p mounts in 5 boxes ................. $35
   I had no idea that Realist made 7-p mounts!

These mounts came to me from England (thanks Keith!)... I was
surprised to see that they are made by Realist, similar to their
well-known 5-p (normal, medium, close-up) mounts.  How come
Realist made 7-p mounts? (none of the Realist products - cameras
and viewers - support the 7-p format).  Any information/comments
will be appreciated!

I have a few items left and a couple new ones and I plan to post 
them in photo-3d in a few days.

Thank you all for your support! -- George Themelis


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