P3D Re: Why different?

["John Goodman" <jgood@xxxxxxxx>]

> Which brings another interesting question... Why would
> anyone have more than one car??? :-)

For the pleasure of choosing which carriage to carry 
oneself from point A to point B, of course.    :-)

Don't tell us, George, that you wear only one pair of shoes!
<smile>

I recently spent a very educational half day at the home of 
a Japanese stereo enthusiast, and had the chance to 
handle a number of cameras that I'd never seen: TDC 
Colorist II, TDC Vivid, two Reveres (Ennar Chromar 
lensed), Bush Verascope, Iso Super Duplex, Iloca Rapid 
2.8, and others. He gave me the Iloca (!) and it's very fresh 
(but needs a CLA before it can be used). (This may have 
been connected with my having gotten him a Realist Macro 
set that he wanted.)

Wow! What a .beautiful. camera the Iloca is! Realist 
format, but not a Realist... An articulated rapid advance 
lever! What a luxury, how convenient, and so "advanced" 
(knob twisting not required). Built-in self-timer (as Richard 
Twichell mentioned earlier), how thoughtful. 1/300th 
second shutter, faster than almost any other stereo 
camera of the age, great for hand-held shots!  :-)

The Iloca is strong medicine, a nice remedy, just what I 
needed to cure a budding case of the Realist Custom-is-
best virus I probably caught from a different camera.  :-)

JG