P3D DID THE FIRST REALIST HAVE HIGHER SHUTTER SPEEDS?

["Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DID THE FIRST STEREO REALIST HAVE HIGHER SHUTTER SPEEDS?
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Perhaps I should be asking - did the first realist have higher "MARKED" 
shutter speeds?

The Stereo Realist was announced in November 1945 just three months 
after WW2.  It was well advertised during 1946 and was launched onto the 
US market in 1947. 

One full page "watch for it - wait for it" advertisement was on page 3 
of the November 1946 edition of "American Photography".

Interestingly, this advertisement had photographs of a Stereo Realist 
camera with f3.5 Ilex-Paragon lenses and with 1sec to 1/200 sec shutter 
speeds! 

To the best of my knowledge only the 1/150 sec maximum shutter speed 
reached the market until the f2.8 lens model was released a few years 
later.

Was there an early Realist with f3.5 Ilex-Paragon lenses and with 
shutter speeds marked as 1sec to 1/200 sec?  

Is there any knowledge of this among members of our P3D list?

I have the Nov ë46 magazine and can EMAIL a scanned copy of this advert 
to anyone who might want to follow this up.

The file is in jpg format and is 500k at 180 ppi and 60k at 50 ppi.  The 
180 ppi file will let you read some of the very small text.

My personal interest in this topic is as a writer and editor of all 
things stereo for our local Sydney Stereo Camera Club Bulletin. This is 
just a voluntary thing.  If you havenít yet seen our bulletin, the 
January 1999 issue can be downloaded from 
<http://www.con-int.com.au/sscc/> and is, in my biased opinion, a good 
read for all who are interested in stereography.


Ray Moxom, Sydney Australia


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