Re: The Stereo Realist

[P3D KENNETH LUKER <KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>But it is difficult to load! If you or anyone else has the secret to 
>easy loading of the Stereo Realist, please let me in on it!  

I don't claim that it is easy, but I found a way to maximize the 
exposures on a roll with my Realist.  I leave the advance/rewind knob 
on rewind while I drop in the full cassette; I rotate the sprocket 
wheel until the white dot is facing the back of the camera; I thread 
the film under the tab and engage the sprocket with the sprocket 
holes, thus turning the sprocket wheel a bit as I pull the cut end 
toward the take-up spool; I press the film end into the take-up slot 
and turn the winding knob ever-so-slightly to make sure it is pulling 
the film; I replace the camera back and move the advance/rewind knob 
to advance.  Then I wind until it stops, once; press the release 
button and wind again until it stops; take a picture (with the left 
lens) of an address card or other identifier in case of film loss, and 
then set out to take pictures.  I always advance just before 
exposure, rather than just after.  

On the last two rolls of 36 exposure film, I was able to have my 
first good double frame begin about 1/16 inch beyond the clear, light-
struck part of the leader, and the 30th (yes the THIRTIETH) exposure 
end just before the tape on the taped-down end.  
Ken Luker

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Kenneth Luker, Assistant Director
Systems and Technical Services
Marriott Library
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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