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P3D twin SLR options


  • From: "Jim Harp" <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D twin SLR options
  • Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:51:52 -0600


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Dennis Green writes:

> I would like to hear from
>those of you who are using twin rigs as to what you like/dislike about your
>setup and what you would recommend.  

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>What do you use and how do you like it?

    This spring I bought two Ricoh XR-10M cameras with 50mm lenses from
Cambridge Camera in New York- the whole package cost about $400.  I keep
these attached to a 91/2" slide bar I got from Dalia.   The XR-10s have
electronic shutters which just happen to synchronize if you connect a
sub-mini audio plug between the two camera's remote control sockets.  Thus I
was able to synch up the shutters by spending about $10 at Radio Shack. I
was noticing some fuzziness in my exposures which I attributed to the
cameras moving when I pressed the shutter. This led to my buying a single
remote shutter release from B&H (about $30) which I wired to the Radio Shack
contraption- The shutters seem to be more consistently synchronized when
fired from the remote release.  The XR-10 has the option of using aperture
priority auto-exposure, but I've found that the two cameras often "guess"
differently so I've started setting shutter speeds manually.   While it can
be a hassle having to set shutters, apertures and focusing seperately I have
lots of fun with this rig and I feel like it was money well spent.  I've
gotten some especially nice slides of cities at night- the extra lense
seperation works well for this application.   At some point I'd like to try
doing some very wide hyper shots -I'm hoping that with a long enough wire
the shutters would sync up even if the cameras were 10, 20 or more feet
apart.  I'd like to see if I could  make some ultra-hyper shots of cities
without retinal rivalry caused by moving traffic. 
Jim Harp