P3D Re: View Master Personal and viewers

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> ... and the fogging
> extends beyond the chip into the perforations, vise versa on the top
> row.  Does this happen on all VM Personals? 

No, else mine is broken because it doesn't do that.

>  Or am I really unlucky? 

That's a possible alternative. :-)

> Next, I want to know about viewers.  What viewer do you prefer to look
> at your reels with?  Is the Model D all it's cracked up to be?  Do

It's by far the best Viewmaster built viewer I've used.

However, for not all that much more in price (depending where one gets
one's Model 'D' from) is the $200 Duke's viewer version-2 which is a far
far far far nicer viewer than the viewmaster Model-'D' one.  Optically
anyway.

> Finally, projectors.  I was thinking about getting a Stereomatic 500
> (in the unlikely event that I find a Personal that works) and was
> wondering how large you could project without grain becoming
> noticeable, if I shoot Kodak Elite II 100 asa (it's cheap here).

Grain doesn't seem to be a problem with projection like it is
with viewers (that I've noticed). Think the grain gets fuzzed 
and/or dim'ed out.  :-)

> 
> *kiss offer applies only to buxom young women who are currently single
> and love stereo.  Preferable a red head, who likes Cadillacs, not the
> new types, my 21 foot '72 that gets 8 miles to the gallon.

Well, I'm neither female, terribly young (other than at heart), redhead
or single.  But I do love stereo and Cadillacs.  My first car (in '73)
was a '69 Cadillac.  It's 375 H.P. engine got better milage than
yours, mine was the last year before they crippled it for air polution
reasons.  Got rid of it just a few years ago.   :-(


Mike K.

 


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