Re: Don't bury Medium Format yet !

[P3D John Bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam wrote:
 
> OH NO, JOHN DON'T GO !!! Medium format 3d is the Ultimate format to many
> Stereographers, don't give up on it merely because you can't get Kodachrome.
> I personally believe the permanence of Kodachrome has been a little
> exagerrated anyway, and the fact of the matter is that NO color slide film
> comes close to the stability of conventional black and white materials. 
 
You're right - I should do it the old-fashoioned way with in-camera color 
separations onto B&W film.
 
> ( It wasn't a Sputnik was it ? )
 
Yes, with res not remarkably more than 35 format.  But I have high hopes 
of making one some day.  I figure if you can make 423 billion medium format
stereo cameras from junk parts in your spare time, even a guy as slow as 
I am ought to be able to build _one_!  8-)
 
John B


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