P3D Re: Pentax beam spitter: please describe

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Dogbreath writes:
> Hi.
> 
> Thanks for reading my post.
> 
> I'm still on the trail of 6x9 view camera stereo, but the matter of beam
> splitter possibilities is still unlcear. One respondant was nice enough to
> report that his Franka spiltter mounted on a Rollei TLR performed less than
> satisfactorily. That's good to know, but does anyone have anything to
> report of the Pentax beam splitter? I get the impression that it's
> expensive, but could it then also be more capable (of satisfactory
> results)? I've been unable to get any info about the Pentax splitter from
> Pentax's web site, so I'm hoping that those of you out who own them might
> tell me a few things. How wide is the base? Is it adjustable? What is the
> filter thread size?

I have a Pentax splitter.  I don't know the width of the base offhand,
but it's NOT adjustable.  I'll try to check the unit when I get home
to see if there's any information about the base.  I've seen these
with either 49mm or 52mm threads.

-pd


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