Re: APS CAMERAS

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 4:00 PM -0700 10/8/97, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:
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>The possible advantage to APS for stereo is that the cameras are relatively
>small and it would be easier to hook two of them together for a variable
>base stereo system, that at it's smallest base is closer to ORTHO than is
>possible with the typical 35mm regular camera. Anyone on the list try this
>yet?
>
>It seems like the oft complained about, size of the film problem, might be
>somewhat similar to the fact that a Realist camera, and other stereo
>cameras, don't shoot full frame anyway, so that makes the APS system, used
>as a twin camera stereo device, equal to or better than the 50's stereo
>cameras. One advantage is that you aren't limited to a vertical format. The
>other is that you can easily have a variable stereo base for greater
>flexibility.
>
>Larry Berlin
>

Not to mention that with some of them you can choose from a number of
formats & mix formats on a roll.  I've always been partial to panoramic
format, myself...I figure if I ever get enough money for a second camera, a
twin APS zoom rig would complement the Realist nicely...

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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