P3D Re: uncut roll viewer!

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:52 PM 5/17/99 , you wrote:
>peter davis wrote;
>
>>I remember learning at one point that somebody makes a viewer that can >be 
>used with uncut Realist film.  That would seem like a great boon to >me! Not 
>only do you not have to worry about mounting problems, but you >could 
>advance through the roll without having to stop and change slides >for every 
>image.
>
>>I'm sure this is too good to be true, and that there are some drawbacks 
>>tothis, but I don't know what they are.
>
>>Anybody know anything about this?  Are these still being made/sold?  >How 
>are the optics?
>
>>Thanks for any information.
>
>>pd
>
>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!!!!!!

How much?  You can e-mail me privately at pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx With such a
glowing recommendation, how can I resist?  

It sounds like the idea might have been good, but the implementation was
flawed.  Anyone else tried to make something like this?

-pd


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