P3D Re: uncut roll viewer!

["Norm in S.F." <normlehf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think John is perfectly wrong.

I have found this viewer a perfectly acceptable device for previewing
rolls to see which pairs are worth mounting. At first I was wary of
scratches it might cause, but it hasn't caused any.

The Dukes Projection Previewer is another device for evaluating uncut
rolls; probably a better one if you have a projector.

Norm Lehfeldt

John Baird wrote:

> hi peter!   yes, these are too good to be true!!  this a good example of
> a great idea in theory, but not so good inpractice!! i have one!
> 
> this device is an adaptor designed around the star-d viewer. it replaces
> the lens module in the viewer and is made to accept a full uncut roll of
> realist format images.  by threading it you create a loop that places
> the stereo pair at the correct width to view.  to advance to the next
> pair, you wind a knob on top. here's where the problem comes in!
> 
> the advance mechanism is so sloppy that you rarely are able to advance
> and have the pair in correct alignment! when this happens it means
> taking the viewer apart to straighten it out!  after going thru this
> several times in one roll you realise this invention is not all what it
> was cut out to be!! i also feel bad winding my film around all those
> plastic corners for fear of scratching!  the focus knob is kind of
> mickey mouse too!!
> 
> i bought mine at a nsa convention to use it to edit an uncut roll just
> to see which images were worth mounting! the optics and gates were not
> precice enough to allow me to do this and iv'e never used it!!  it's a
> great collectors item!!  i'll sell it to you!!!!!!
> 
> tooDDDeloo!!   janni bearDDD!


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