Nimslo vs. Realist

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

Dear Grant, with some irony in your voice, you said:

>Now I'm even more anxious to get my first Realist, so I can firgure out how
>to load it and to fix the inevitable light leak.  I might even get to adjust
>the window, repair the rangfinder, and practice using my light meter. :{)

>I really do plan on getting Realistic some day, and don't consider the above
>possible problems serious.  But in the mean time, I'll be pointing and
>shooting with my Nimslo.

Grant, just ask yourself this question:  "Here I am, shooting happily with my
fully automatic and lightweight Nimlso, taking these wonderful pictures...
A large group of stereo photographers torture themselves with this heavy, 
brick-like, difficult to load, fully-manual, light-leaking, more expensive, 
etc., Realist.  Why don't these people trade their Realist for a Nimlso and
keep the change?"

To answer this question you need to try a Realist.  You don't have to buy one.
I am sure that someone from your club will have an extra one that will let
you borrow for a month or so.  Also, please borrow a decent viewer to evaluate
the results.  Don't use the $3 ones.

There are two possible outcomes from this experiment:  

No. 1: "Now I know...", 
No. 2: "I still don't get it...".  

Please try it and let us know what you find.

Your good friend,  George Themelis


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