P3D Re: S1 Problem

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It looks like this may have gotten diverted off wrongly - if this
is  duplicate, thousands of apologies...

--BW

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From: Jon Golden / 3D Concepts <3dman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: P3D Re: S1 Problem
Cc: boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta) Wrote
>>My friend Lynn Butler is using an RBT S1, and it appears to me her slides
>>are coming out with severe, SEVERE window violations.  It's as if they were
>>shot with a twin rig that's toed-out!  Has anyone had a similar problem
>>with their S1, and if so can you recommend a fix?  Or will the rig have to
>>go back to the manufacturer?

>>I have not seen the camera myself, just the slides.  I imagine an
>>improperly aligned film gate, or maybe misaligned lenses might cause the
>>problem.  An inspection of the camera may reveal a simple fault/solution.
>>Lynn lives in the NY area, if anyone cares to help her directly, looking at
the camera.


Boris.....although I replied on the New3D list that this camera was film
proofed and tested by Eckhart Oemichen as RBT (In front of me) and returned
to Lynne on Oct 4th....NOTE that Lynne may be shooting too close, or
mistaking these slides to have been shot with the S1, when they might have
been shot with her twin camera setup (Leica or Nikon???), which we have
seen to have vertical offset, and and too extreme a stereobase for shooting
at close range....as she di in early experimentation.
It would be impossible for the S1 to have th "toe out" problem you are
talking about....unless the camera had been somewhat crushed or severly
damaged.
Those two lenses are deep inside a housing that is built solidly in to the
frame of the S1.

Jon G