P3D Re: Looking for Realist SN & date data

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

I have received a couple of replies to my request for date, feature
and serial numbers on the Stereo Realist.  It turns out that the date 
inside the lens board is not as common as I thought.  This is found in 
maybe 1:10 Realists.

Here is a brief sketch of the data so far:

     SN      Lenses    Initials & Date 
-----------------------------------------------
   A 2xxx     Ilex
   A 3xxx     Ilex
   A68xxx     3.5 DW    EW  4/53 
   A81xxx     3.5 DW       11/53 (info from Zak)
   A89xxx     3.5 DW    EW 11/53
side:2xxx     2.8 DW    LH  4/54

I would be interested to see what is the highest SN in an Realist
with Ilex lenses (I seem to recall that I once had an Ilex with
SN around 9000).  Also, who has the earliest Realist (anyone under
1000?)

>What I would like from you is the following:
>
>1. Serial number of your Realist (this is usually stamped at the
>   bottom of the camera but in some later Realists it is engraved
>   in the side)
>
>2. Special features in your Realist:
>   - lenses
>   - Double exposure button, Depth of Field (DOF) scale?
>   - exposure or hyperfocal table under the cover?
>
>3. Date of manufacture from inside the lens plate.  You can easily
>   remove the lens plate:  Set the speed at 1 sec, remove 4 screws
>   from the front and two screws from the top, pull lens plate (this
>   is totally safe), record any dates or markings in the inside 
>   of the plate, put back.
>
>Example of a short entry:
>
>Realist 3.5 Ilex, SN=8743, no DEP/DOFscale, hyperfocal table, 
>penciled inside: LHD, 4/49
>
>What you will gain from doing this:  Satisfy your curiosity of when
>the camera was made.  Help others get this information (a summary
>of the results will be posted in photo-3d).

Thank you!

George Themelis
mailto:DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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