Re: Which camera is best for close-up?

[P3D George Gioumousis <georggms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Ron Short wrote

> I'm wondering if anybody can help me.  I am currently using the
> ViewMaster Personal and I am thinking of switching to the Realist
> format.  I need to know which of the Realist format cameras is best for
> close-up work?  When looking through Dalia's catalog I noticed that
> there are close-up lenses for the Revere but not any listed for the
> Realist.  Could someone let me know which way to go with this?  I love
> to take close-ups of flowers. 
> 
> Thanks, Ron Short
> rshort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
I take closeups of flowers with an SLR and a macro lens. I don't
think a Realist format camera is suited for serious closeups,
because the lens spacing needs to be much less for closeups.

Look into the Teco modification of a Nimslo camera. It is used
with slide film, uses just two of the four lenses per stereo
view, and takes 36 pairs per 36 exposure roll. Cost, I think,
is $145 for a modified Nimslo, and maybe $36 per set of 
closeup lenses.

If the flowers can be brought indoors, you might also consider
a slide bar and an SLR with macro lens.

Another excellent choice is the Macro Realist, but they are awfully
expensive. A friend who owned one and I spent an exciting afternoon
photographing the inside of a beehive. Only time I ever won a first
in a club contest. Unfortunately, Howard passed on and his collection
of stereo cameras was sold.

All the information you need to check out these ideas sits in the
archives. However, if you are no better than I at searching the
archives, send me a note off line.

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