P3D Re: TDC Vivid (new acquisition)

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> The odd film transport is to lengthen the distance the film travels 
> between the lenses, it was engineered to allow closer spacing of the 
> lenses, they measure about 65mm compared to the 70mm spacing on a 
> Kodak or Realist. The lens separation is just slightly more than that 
> of the European format cameras (i.e. FED Stereo). This should make it 
> slightly better for close photos like portraits.

In truth, it's that way because the Vivid was originally designed
to be a European format camera.   At the last minute before going
into production, Kodak came out with a camera using Realist format.
So they had to do some last  minute modifications to make the Vivid
5P and match the standard being set by Kodak.

I like my Vivid (not "mint" though) because it seems to have
very sharp lenses.

Sigh...

Mike K.


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