Re: 7P Realist

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

>Next came the search for suitable lenses. I wanted Leitz Summarons but ran
>into the $ issue. I settled on a pair of unblemished 35mm 3.5 Rikenon lenses
>from  two junk Ricoh AF-70 point-and-shoots that I found in a St. Paul
>camera store for $6. These are very nice lenses based on a highly compressed
>Tessar design. [...]  > By the way, the picture quality is superb.
>    John R. Slivon
    
Just curious... Couldn't you have left the Realist lenses?  (of a 2.8 Realist?)
Why change?  Realist did make a couple of 7p 2.8 Realists as we know from
Wolfgang Sell's article in Stereoscopy. -- George


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