Re: RBT price & something else

[P3D D Cootey <shmoobee@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 18:49:55 -0500 P3D Marvin Jones 
<Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>       I'm not sure where this thread diverged from my original 
>posting,=
>
>but I never implied that RBT cameras were overpriced and not worth it, 
>so=
>
>I hope that's not what you are thinking I'm thinking (although I 
>suspect
>that you do).  I just said I couldn't afford it.<
>
>That's what I got out of your message. I was reacting more to the
>implication that I got from your wording that because the camera was 
>not
>designed and built from the ground up in its final form, it must be 
>some
>slapdash knockoff by a basement tinkerer. My point was that just 
>because
>you (and I) can't afford one, that doesn't mean that it's overpriced. 
>We'=
>re
>just underfunded.

	Well, I certainly agree with that!  I'm sorry my appreciation for
the RBT's didn't come across in my message and also that I got a bit
miffed.  I've had some bad experiences with mailing lists before, so I
get a little trigger happy when I think I'm being misunderstood.  	
	So to keep this message on topic, I had a question about the
current lenticular cameras that one can find available in Wal-mart and
mail order cameras.  I'm talking about the 3D Wizards.  I've heard all
about why Nishika's are worse than llama dung, but what about ImageTech's
3D cameras?  I believe the upper end Wizard has glass lenses.  That's one
up on the Nishika, but it only has 3 lenses as opposed to the
Nishika/Nimslo's 4.  Does that offer a smooth enough lenticular 3D
illusion?  Does anybody have an opinion on this? ;)  I'm also wondering
how well the public accepted the 3D Wizards.  Was it just a fad for 1996,
or did the cause of 3D photography get advanced?

	And maybe this is a technical question, but why do lenticular
cameras have more than 2 lenses anyway?  Do simple stereo pairs make for
lousy lenticular photos?

	I probably asked too many questions in one message. Hope I get
too many answers. ;)

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