P3D Re: DID THE FIRST REALIST HAVE HIGHER SHUTTER SPEEDS?

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

Ray Moxom, the unorthodox :-) (how dare you say slides look more
realistic than prints?!!! that's a shame! :-) :-) :-)) writes:

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

I believe I have seen this ad.  And Bob Howard can tell us more about
it.  But I have never seen an Ilex with 1/200 speed even though I have 
seen some very early models.  I am inclined to believe that the 1/200 
speed was in a prototype that never reached production.  But that's 
just a speculation.  Ron Zakowski is the person to ask on this... 
Maybe someone can give him a call after he fully recovers from the 
flu (per Dalia's account).

>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.

I saw it and I have to agree that it is great reading!  Still, not
as good as the "Stereogram", the newsletter of the Ohio Stereo
Photographic Society. :-) (Obviously, my *very* biased opinion).
I can mail you a few issues for your unbiased opinion.

Regards,

George Themelis, Cleveland Ohio USA


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