Re:LOREO

[P3D Charles D Hotchkiss <revcdh@xxxxxxxx>]

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>I have heard complains that Loreo prints are fuzzy.  Can the Loreo be
>improved?  Also, how about a GOOD and CHEAP beamsplitter (a.k.a
>mirrorthingie)?  The advantages of the beamsplitter is that people can 
>also use slide film a
> -- George

  I wouldn't say Loreo Prints are fuzzy.  It's only a point and shoot
fixed focus camera, and there is a lot of glass between the image and the
film, but the results are often surprisingly good.  I have to note that I
have made the suggested improvements to the camera, painting internal
reflective surfaces black and so on, and that the modifications made a
distinct difference in image quality.
I have taken slides with it (actually used a lab to make slides from
negative strips) and aside from the odd format, they look good.
   I get the larger size prints from the local grocery and mount the best
ones in Q-Vues and they are pretty snazzy.  One, of the American Queen
cruising up the Ohio River at dusk was a prize winner.
   My personal favorite wasn't even taken by me, but rather by one of
Cincinnati Red's owner Marge Schott's bodyguards.  While shooting the
American Queen at Cincinnati's Public Landing I spotted Mrs. Schott and
asked permission to immortalize her in stereo.  She insisted that I
should be in the photo too.  The big steamship is in the background so I
call the shot "me, Marge and the barge."
   I have a nice two-picture on one negative thing-a-ma-jig (image
splitter) but it's results, while slightly sharper, are less consistent
and much more trouble.


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