P3D S1 sharpness - WOW!!!

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am particularly interested to compare the two RBT cameras, 
S1 and X4 among themselves and in relation to '50s stereo cameras.

There are many ways to compare two camera systems... How they
handle in the field, what kind of pictures they allow you to
take and how sharp these pictures are... 

I'll start with sharpness first...

Now, some people think that sharp pictures is everything...
That's NOT true... Sharpness is only one factor and it might
be a very important factor or a very minor factor, depending 
on how you use these pictures.  If your final application is
looking at the pictures with a good viewer then sharpness is
very important.  If your final application is stereo projection
then sharpness is secondary.

Regardless, I am convinced that the RBT S1's 7-element Konica
Hexar lenses are the sharpest lenses ever put on a stereo
camera.

As I mount slide after slide from the S1, I go "WOW!!!"
They really knock my socks off.

Imagine, I am at the second deck in the Eiffel tower late
afternoon, early evening.  I use the S1 handheld at a wide
aperture to take pictures looking down.  The focusing is locked
at infinity.  I look at these pictures and the amount of fine
detail is incredible.  The houses, the people, the signs far
away... It is just unbelievable.  It hurts my eyes... I keep
on adjusting the focusing... I move the chips to make sure they
are totally flat because any deviation from flatness and sharp
viewer focusing is disturbing in these super sharp pictures.

These overview pictures of course are flat... no depth since 
the subject is so far away... but the fine detail is ideal to
test the lenses for sharpness... and the S1 surely delivers.
What amazes me is that these pictures are not taken with a
tripod at f22 but handheld at 5.6.  Amazing!  I honestly have
not seen such sharp pictures from any lens or camera system.

George Themelis