Re: Twins, again ...

[P3D Alan Lewis <dlewis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Peter Davis wrote:
> 

> So my questions are:
> 
>    1)   Will side-by-side point-and-shoot cameras be too hyper for
>         indoor, portrait use?
> 
>    2)   What are good, fully automatic (exposure, focus, DX sensing,
>         etc.) point-and-shoot cameras for twinning?  Do any accept
>         cable-release shutters?  I'd like to keep cost down to about
>         $100 per camera, but I haven't seen anything in that range
>         which accepts a cable.

Soon I'll have my web page up and running, I have a feature on the twin rig I made 
that allows both hyper horiz, and normal base vertical formats all in one rig. 

 It uses the Ricoh Shotmaster Ultra Zoom II camera, which has a built in electric 
remote socket.  Many Ricoh compact cameras had this same feature, from the less 
expensive to the expensive.  Starting last year, they stopped offering the remote 
socket.  So you will have to search the used market for a pair of Ricoh's, and you 
must make sure that they have the socket, some didn't.

All you have to do with these cameras' is to make your own mono phono plug jack (2) 
with a germanium diode on each to isolate the two cameras' from interfering with each 
other.  Each socket is then connected to a common momentary push button switch.  
That's it.  Hardly any work.  No camera disassembly. 

I'm sure that you could find, with some effort, two earlier Ricoh's that are single 
focal length and less than $100 each.  They sold some new for $75. Mine cost $115 each 
two years ago. 

By the way, Ricoh cameras' are very good.  Don't worry about optic quality.

Alan Lewis


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