P3D Photo fair in Montreal

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Okay it wasn't really a photo fair but rather they called it
a photographic flea market. It was held at the Holiday Inn
today from 10 to 4pm. 

So what 3-D goodies did I find. Not much really. There were
a couple of Kodak Ektagraphic slide projectors, medium format
cameras at reasonable prices, etc. I picked up a second pair
of Simuleyes LCS glasses for ten bucks. That was about the
best deal to be had. One guy was selling asking $150 (all
prices converted to US) for a Nimslo with flash (no box or
batteries) in average shape. I said okay and was ready to
leave when he asked how much I would offer. I told him $25
and he looked at me funnier than I did at his offer. ;-)

At another table, they were asking $250 for a nice Realist. I
said to myself, "okay here's my chance to get a better price
than I do from ebay, S3D, or Dr.T!" Alas on closer inspection
it was a run of the mill f3.5 David White Realist.

Another vendor was selling a fair Illoca (spelling?) for $133. 
>From him I bought two very nice compact Olympus Pen-EE fixed
focus half-frame cameras for $67 (for both). They feature
28mm f3.5 lenses and built-in selenium meter. The aperture can
be fully controlled, albeit at one shutter speed on flash mode.
On auto-mode mode the selenium metering doesn't let you take a
shot if there is not enough light. The advantage here is the
camera doesn't need any batteries unlike the Stereo FED. They
don't make 'em like this anymore, it is well built and looks
like a good candidate for conversion to a twin or siamese 3-D
camera.

I saw another Realist type 3-D camera but didn't recognize
the camera and didn't inquire about the price. It looked like
it had Russian letters on it? There were a quite a few of the
Olympus XA and XA 2's (popular with the 3-D crowd!) but I didn't
pick any up. Going price was about $70 to $90.

Talking about popular 2-D to 3-D cameras, I didn't see a single
Argus C-3. Neither was I lucky enough to run across John Wayne
packing hot metal in his famous 50's lenticular. 

Gabriel, reporting from Montreal. 



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