Re: What camera to buy?

[P3D <PgWhacker@xxxxxxx>]

>What would you recommend me which camera to buy next ?  and 
>could anyone suggest, from where I can try to get them? 
>
>I want to concentrate on stereo slides, with 35mm film. All
>suggestions are very approciated!


Ilkka,

    Other folks will recommend a vintage 1950s stereo camera.  That's OK 
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if you have the time/money/patience to get them specially developed, 
mounted, projected.

     You should also consider combining two modern cameras side by side 
into a twin rig.  That system has advantages:
      a:  easy processing:  just take the film to your local developer 
for relatively quick and affordable results
      b:  ease of use:  easy to twin two auto focus/auto exposure point 
and shoots let you take photos quickly and effortlessly still get 
reliably good results.
      c:  multiple focal lengths:  buy a 35 - 70 zoom pair and you can 
take snaps at each end of the focal length range.

     The biggest trouble with twinned point and shoots is getting the two 
camera's to go off at the same time.  The cheapest solution is to buy 
inexpensive point and shoots, click each camera with a separate hand and 
hope for the best.  You'll spend some money on snaps that are out of 
synch, but you'll save hundreds of dollars on the cost of more expensive 
cameras.

     The best solution is to buy cameras with electronic shutter releases 
-- with plug-in electric cable releases.  (In the US you can buy an 
electronic cable release for $25 -- you'll need to solder two of them 
together -- or you can make your own for about $3.) 

     The only company I've found that still makes cameras with that kind 
of release is Ricoh, and even they seem to be phasing the system out.  
They are now marketing a 35 - 90 mm zoom with an electronic release, but 
they also still make (or at least still have available) the FF-20 Zoom, 
which is a 35 - 62 mm zoom with an electronic release.  At my house we 
like the FF-20's sharp pictures and point and shoot convenience so much 
we just bought FF-20 #s 3 and 4.

Cheers,




Greg Kane
Denver

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