P3D RE: P3D Re: Loreo/Argus Macro?

["Greg Kane" <pgwhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >It would seem to me that a person could remove the mirrors (crack them
> >off) a Loreo/Argus, put a magnifying lens in front of the two original
> >lenses, and have a very inexpensive macro camera.
> 
> Very good idea but I don't think it would work. The reason being is
> (if I remember correctly) the lenses are not in-line but rather
> pointing slightly outward relative to each other. They're arranged
> this way so that in combination with the unique film transport the
> images get transposed. By doing this, the images don't have to be cut
> and transposed after developing.
> 
> Gabriel  
> 
> 

And what about focus?  

Greg



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