P3D reliable camera?

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the topic of camera choice, someone said:

>I have cases full of Nikon equipment and other stereo cameras but
>if I need to choose one camera to take on a once in a
>lifetime shoot, I would take a Realist.

On a recent trip to the Czech Republic, I brought along a medium 
format I built.  I had not had a chance to test the new mechanism, so 
I brought a fabled Realist as a backup.  They're SOOOO reliable.

As luck would have it, my camera died half way into the trip.

No, not the camera I built, the damned Realist!  So I had to lug the 
broken anvil for a week for nothing.

Thank god I brought a backup for the Realist.  :^)

Tom

PS: See you at the Manhattan Stereo Dinner tonight.