P3D Re: non-malfuntioning cameras

["Jim Harp" <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>From: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Multiple recipients of list PHOTO-3D <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: PHOTO-3D digest 3460
>Date: Sat, Aug 21, 1999, 3:15 PM

> I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PROBLEMS WITH OLD CAMERAS...

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>PLEASE HELP ME!!  I am going nuts.  I invested almost 2 grand in a
>professional lighting kit, and I am very serious about getting my
>photos out there as 3-D rather than 2d, but my patience is running
>incredibly thin.  I have 3 galleries interested in my images, and
>people are paying me to take their portraits, I can't have anymore
>malfunctioning cameras.
>
>Lincoln
>www.Lincoln3d.com

I don't think any camera exists that will never malfunction - any machine
with so many tiny moving parts, no matter how expensive or modern, will
sooner or later break.  In a professional setting I think the key is to have
one or more back-up units ready to go.  If money is an issue it might be
wiser to have a few Realists adapted to 7p available as opposed to one RBT. 
On the other hand, if you can afford to have two RBTs (one for back-up) - so
much the better.  In the lower cost realm of things I put together a twin
rig of two Ricoh XR-10M SLRs which I got from Cambridge Camera in New York
with lenses for less than $400. All you need to synchronize the shutters on
these cameras is a cable with two micro audio-type plugs connected to each
camera's remote shutter jack.  When mounted vertically (base to base) they
aren't hyper for most applications. Mounted horizontally the seperation is
about 5 1/2" which is a stretch, although I often find the extra depth
pleasantly reminicent of old stereo cards.- Jim Harp


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