Kodak vs. Realist

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

>Elliott responds:
>The K2 AC/lamp holder...is admittedly not a good design, but fairly easy 
>to fix with a soldering iron and form-a-gasket in most instances.) 

The way we fix this thing would not pass an electrical inspection.  Fix
with glue and electrical tape is not a good fix.  The Realist green
button has screws that you can access the thing and replace the cord
_properly_!  I just hope that no one gets electrocuted with one of
the Kodaslide viewers that I have repaired!!!

>The Wollensak, Kodaslide 2, and Red Button have optics of comparable
>quality, but the K2 has an edge due to the 25mm diameter acromats vs. 20mm
>for the others.

I can see chromatic aberration in the K2 viewer, something that I have
not seen in any other viewer with achromatic lenses.

Unrelated to viewers:

>Jess Powell...confirms that with the correct setup, the Kodak takes some 
>of the sharpest stereo images he's ever seen. 

Then Elliott, why do you own and use a Realist camera  too???  I think 
that the Kodak is capable of taking as sharp images as most good stereo
cameras from the 50s.  Obviously, there is more to 3d than sharp pictures
or, if the statement above was true, we would be all using Kodak stereo
cameras.

-- George Themelis


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