P3D Sputnik and Saturn Slide w/lightbox

[David Kazdan <dxk10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I gather that Sputniks vary a lot from sample to sample.  The lenses in mine are pretty
good, even at f/5.6, just slight coma in one.

        David

photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm with you regarding the wonderful qualities of the format and the
> wonderful performance of Alan's viewer, but you loose me on the Sputnik as
> an overachiever...
>
> This camera is the weak link in the chain and provides system performance
> just marginally above the best of the 7 perf stereos! If there was an
> alternative, we would all flock to it and in fact talented guys like Greg
> Erker and Sam Smith have gone to great lengths to try work with better rigs
> and find a better way...
>
> Is the Spud acceptable on a tripod at f/22? Sure. But seeing as you can get
> better results (acknowledging with much more inconvenience) with twin TLRs
> on a bar for less money, it's hard for me to think of the Sputnik in terms
> of over-performance...
>
> Eric G.


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