P3D Advice on starting MF 3D slides

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I recently started making infrequent MF stereos with a twinned Hassleblad rig.
I'd 
had the two cameras for some years, but only had one each of three focal
length 
lenses (40, 50 & 80mm). 

Then a colleague on the Stereoscopic Society committee found me a second 80mm
lens which I acquired just before leaving for the Richmond NSA convention.
(Some of 
you may have seen the rig there) I only took a few images there, but they
proved the 
definition of the medium.

Lattie Smart wrote:

 <<While there is always discussions about the right camera(s) set-
 up for Medium Format 3D slides, THE REAL IMPORTANT POINT
 IS THE VIEWER, (IMHO). I tried MF 3D before, years ago, and
 the viewers I saw at the time were so substandard as to make me
 forget about it. I'm ecstatic with the results of my Saturn MF viewer
 kit, sold assembled by Alan Lewis and sold in kit form by RMM. It
 alone made all the difference in my motivation to purchase and
 tinker w/ a Sputnik (and also a KO Rapid on a Bogen bar).
 They say the Kings Inn viewer can have it's plastic lens replaced
 easily for comparable results. But the smaller lens diameters &
 extended lens hood make is less practical for this glasses wearer.
 I imagine that you have more options if only shooting and viewing
 MF prints.
 
 LS >>

At Richmond, I bought one of these viewer kits from Joel Alpers, which I have
now assembled, and as Lattie says, the combination of this viewer and my
Hassleblads
means that I will be making more MF stereos soon.

Bob Aldridge


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