P3D Re: PSSP talk: Barriers to Entry

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Boris wrote:
> >From: "Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >*His* approach is the simple, easy, and convenient approach to the
> >medium.  Yeah, sure!  Go and tell the "novices" that they need
> >two SLRs back to back and slide film to get started in stereo.
> 
> I'm working on this.  I'm experimenting with two Olympus XAs, to be
> displayed at the PSSP meeting.  This rig is arguably smaller and lighter
> than the Realist, has autoexposure, shoots full frame twin rolls of film,
> has a TOE-IN feature, so that the slides are instantly viewable as they
> come back from the processor.
> 
> Now it is true that this camera cannot be "bought" by a novice.  But I am
> researching this as a platform which may one day define the standard.  Who
> is to say this will not be the configuration of a commonly available stereo
> camera some day?  It ought to be.
> 

I recently bought my wife an Olympus Infinity Stylus Epic DLX (that's
a mouthful) camera for her birthday.  This is a relatively cheap
(about $100 from B&H) very small and light, autofocus, autoexposure,
fixed focal length point&shoot with a tripod socket.  There is a
built-in flash (that can be disabled), but no accessory shoe (use the
built-in flash to fire a slave).  It has a very good reputation for
quality.  I've been seriously considering buying a second one for twin
35mm stereo rig.  It has the advantage of still being manufactured,
but the disadvantage of not having a cable release socket.  I have
seen cable release adapters in the Porter's catalog for cameras
without sockets (an elastic band with a threaded bit on it).  You can
get a remote for the camera, but I don't know if one remote will
reliably fire two cameras in sync.  I'm also not sure if they can be
electronically synced.


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