P3D First 7p Realist?

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

I was very careful to specify first *commercially* modified 7p Realist.
In my mind (and possibly poor use of the English language) "commercially" 
meant that I was a customer. I paid for it.  It was done as a service to me.  
It was not an experimental project. 

>View-Master was the first to commercially 
>modify a Realist camera to 7p and this was done in the early 1960's.
>We have owned this camera since 1992 even did a write up about it
>in the ISU magazine a few years ago. We have the blue prints
>and other materials that accompanied the change over process. 

Yes, this was published in the June 1994 issue (2.19), "Realist or
Realascope?" (clever!)  It is in my file of important articles.

>Although George may have the 1st modified Realist that was actually
>commercially available to the public -- we have the 1st one actually
>modified.  Sorry George, but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

OK, I'll accept that :-)

Also, John Slivon (frogs@xxxxxxxxxx) modified his own camera first.  
But I still claim to be the first person to own a 7p Realist made 
available to the public. :-)

-- George Themelis


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