Contura Stereo Camera

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

There was a Contura for sale.  The guy was asking $3000 and he might
have sold it for $2000, I am not sure.

Lattie Smart sent the following information about this camera.
I am forwarding it to photo-3d since Lattie cannot post right now...     
     
>> What's so special about it?
>     
> Uh-Hmmm...THE Contura was a later Rochewhite design, made by another 
> Wis. manufacturer (Norgren Corp. in Denver sold its design to the 
> Stero Corporation in Milwaukee). It is said to have been the most 
> aesthetically pleasing camera (I still like the Colorist), as it was 
> designed by a very-famous 50's designer whose names escapes me at the 
> moment (Eames?). It is also said to have been the first "flashOmatic" 
> camera (the aperature changed as you changed the focus to compensate 
> for the bulb fixed-flash; another "first" in photohistory by a lowly 
> stereo camera). BUT, it is mostly distinguished by the fact that it 
> was designed late in the 50's 3-D craze. So, despite some advertising, 
> IT NEVER WENT INTO PRODUCTION. A small initial run was just given to 
> the investors! SO...the CONTURAS only number in the hundreds, if not 
> the tens! For the completist- it's worth $3000! I've heard of several 
> Macro Realists being sold, but NO CONTURA, ever! (Poster said he had 
> one, once).
>     
>     LS


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