Re: Good news......if you care.

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cliff, congratulations on your purchase of a Graflex Stereo Graphic camera!
I hope that you like what comes out of it but I'll have to warn you that
this is not at the top in terms of image quality compared to other stereo
cameras from the 50s.  I have seen some pictures from it that were not
particularly sharp but what concerns me more is this Depthmaster system
which essentially tells us that the camera is fixed focus and the lenses
are focused at different levels, one close and one far away.  The idea
here is that no matter where your subject is (near or far) one of the two
pictures will always show it sharp, thus resulting in a *perceived* sharp 
pair.  This is hard for me to digest in 3d...

But, the difference in sharpness might be only noticeable in a halogenized
Dr. T viewer, so most probably you will be fine.

Enjoy your new camera!  -- George

>Well, I don't wan't to hog up any bandwidth so in closing, I'll quote
>from the booklet on the Depthmaster lens system in my camera.... "Compare
>the slides taken with any other stereo camera and the slides taken with a
>Stereo Graphic and you will see the difference. Streo Graphic slides
>arealways in focus from foreground to background."
>-Cliff


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