P3D Re: Full Frame Wirgin

[Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: "bobh" <bobh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>RE: Bill Davis mentions converting Wirgin (I presume European format 
>24x30mm) to full frame 35mm 24x36mm.
>I can't fathom why anyone would want to do this when for years we 
>have been trying to get the 35mm format to 24x32 (as early Japanese 
>RF were made) since everyone knows the 36mm is too wide and lousy 
>format proportion. Must be the panoramic rage??? 

Basically, it would give me a reason to hang on to an otherwise run of the
mill 5-P camera.  I wouldn't do this to my only camera, but this is the
extra one.  (My entire collection of stereo cameras consists of two Kodaks
and a Wirgin, and the Wirgin sits on a shelf.)

I think all the Wirgin Stereos are 5-P. If it were already 7-P, or if I
already had a 7-P camera I agree that time and effort spent on a
modification to a less balanced proportion just for a bit more image width
would be a waste.  Now though, instead of just another 5-P stereo Wirgin, I
have a "Potential 8-P Stereo Wirgin". The project would have sounded
interesting if it were a 7-P conversion, too. 

Can't say what Alan Lewis' motivation might be, but it's his project.  My
post was just inquiring as to its status.  

>Hi Hi! BobH
>(I certainly prefer the European format to full 35mm for making 
>prints from half a stereo slide.)
>


Best regards,
Bill Davis

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