P3D Re: Ilex Paragon Vintage

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

>I was lucky today to acquire an Ilex Paragon Realist in beautiful
>condition at a favorable price.

You lucky boy!  Welcome to the club!

>I was under the impression that these cameras were early Realists and
>thus would not have the double exposure prevention and the depth of
>field scale.  Mine has both.  Do I simply have this all wrong or do 
>I own some sort of hybrid?

These features were retrofitted in earlier cameras.  I think they first
appeared in 1952 (or maybe later?)  Owners of earlier cameras had the
option to send their cameras back to fit those features.  I believe
Ron Zakowski can still put those in any Realist.

The Ilex Paragon is the first Realist 3.5 camera.  Check the camera
serial number at the bottom.  It should be less than 10,000.  Realist
made 150,000 Realists.

>Gary Schacker
>(I wish my name had a D in it)

--- George D. Themelis


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