P3D Re: New Camera Alert

[Lawrence W Kaufman <kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ronald Beck wrote:

> The other day, while shopping for a simple camera for my wife, I came
> across a new camera from Nickelodeon.
> Well this one apparently lets you take four individual photos in
> the space of a normal 35mm negative.  So, you get (as they advertise
> anyway) 96 2x3 photos per roll of 36exp film.

Actually you get 96 2x3 photos from a 24 exp. roll. Ibelieve it takes left
top corner, left lower corner, right
lower corner and then right top corner. You have to cut
the 4x6 prints yourself. The lens is probably not all that
great and if you had the print blown up, it might get cropped
and you could lose some of the image?

> It occured to me that you could take stereo pairs this way by simply
> pressing the shutter button twice for each scene.  Wouldn't be real good
> for moving subjects but it looks like the resulting prints could be
> freeviewed straight out of the envelope.

At around $30, it is a manual opearation and you couldonly freeview if you
caught the right sequence (the second
and third image on a print).

> I may have to get one for my picture-taking fool of a 4yr old.  The way
> he shoots pictures, a roll of 96 exposures might take him all of 15
> minutes to get through :-)

The camera that is now available from
Long Hall Technologies’ line of
Nickelodeon branded children’s
electronics products is
called the PhotoBlaster. The
camera can save children (or their
parents) 75% on film and
developing costs. The camera can
probably be found at places
like, Target, Amway, FAO
Schwartz and Sears, probably near
toys and not other photography
items. Tell us how it works!

Lawrence


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