Re: Nimslo/Nishika Cameras

[P3D George Gioumousis <georggms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D  ROBERT A. REID wrote
> 
> This is an after thought following my post about the Nimslo camera. I
> have also been offered a Nishika 3-D camera (New) for $99. Any comments
> about which camera may be the better way to go would be appreciated.
>    The (new) Nimslo @ $280. or the (new) Nishika @ $99. ?
>     
>      The application for both cameras being the same:
>       (1) Classic print pairs for Holmes Bates viewers.
>       (2) Slide pairs for Realist viewers.
> 
>                    Once again thanx for your input, Bob Reid
> 
> 
> 
I own both a Nimslo and a Realist type camera. The Nimslo was a 
good buy years ago at $30 with flash. You can buy a Teco-Nimslo
(which is twice as economical of film and is very nice for 
closeups [at extra, but reasonable cost, for closeup lenses])
for, as I remember, $145. One other problem with a Nimslo is
that is fixed focus, so that really distant parts of a picture
are a bit fuzzy. The other other problem is that the picture is
a little narrower than with a Realist.

I looked at a Nishika a few years ago and decided it looked less
well made than the Nimslo, and this seemed to be a consensus in
this group. Nishika itself eventually got in trouble with the
Feds for running a pyramid club or something like that.

Get a Realist, use Kodak Royal Gold print film. Send it to Dale
Labs for slides only, marked "Do Not Mount", mount the slides
yourself, then have prints made for the Holmes Bates viewers.

Addresses in the archives or the WEB site; Dale advertises in 
Popular Photography.

Good luck.
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