Re: My Kodak Down Under (G'ddday, mate)

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

Bill Davis writes:

>I hope I did the right thing this morning.  I sent my only working
>Kodak Stereo on a three-week trip to Australia with a NOVICE! Am I
>insane?

Depends... is a working Kodak Stereo a precious commodity?  It does
not appear to be... I was trying to sell a Kodak for $95 and still
have it... So, if your camera falls into a cliff or something, you
can buy mine at a further special discount!

>So I hope I've done a good thing by this long-distance loan of the
>camera.  Who knows, it may spark a lifetime of interest in 3-D.
>That's well worth the risk of a loss of a cheap camera, I think.

Yes, it is.  My first Realist suffered damage that cannot be repaired
in the hands of a novice who turned out to be a great stereo
photographer... Being of the type #2 personality, I did not mind
and have gone through few more cameras since them.  

>She didn't mind only
>the one roll of film(Slowdachrome, sorry that's all I usually have
>around), as she planned to only use the Stereo for special shots,
>and didn't need the hassle of removing the case, rewinding,
>reloading, etc.  Fine by me.  The camera stays closed.

Here is where I have a problem...  Three-week trip to a distant land 
(possibly once-in-life-time opportunity for many) and only one roll of 
film because of the "hassle" or removing the case, etc.???
Sounds like a waste of a nice stereo camera and an expensive trip,
to me... (stereo-photographically speaking...)

George



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