P3D Re: R: 3D Kids Camera & Viewer

["Dan Shelley" <shelleydan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Having used an Argus once, I can tell you that there are two main weaknesses 
to this design.

1) The flash is weak. An indoor shot of my daughter at a distance of 4 feet, 
at mid-day in a room with two LARGE widowns, and plenty of sunlight look 
like she was illuminated by a flash in a almost totally dark (midnight like) 
room. The flash has a very small coverage area.

2) If there is ANYTHING that can reflect sunlight (people, trees, cards, 
etc, etc, etc, etc to your right or left, a "ghost of that image will be 
layered over one or both of the halves of your final print. I would be happy 
to try to dig out a few I have at home and scan them in if you are 
interested.

All in all, it's a nice camera, and interesting viewer, and at $50.00, maybe 
it is finally down to the price it should have started at. (IMHO) There are 
answers to the two problems mentioned above:

1) shoot mainly outdoors

AND

2) tape a flat black painted cardboard septum to the front of the camera to 
eliminate as much of the reflective ghosting as possible.

For what it's worth,

Dan Shelley
dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


>From: Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Multiple recipients of list PHOTO-3D <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Re: R: 3D Kids Camera & Viewer
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:28:33 -0700
>
>
>Can anyone comment on the quality of this camera?  Is it any good?  Is the
>flash bright enough for typical family gathering type snapshots, etc.?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-pd
>
>
>At 12:16 PM 12/13/99 , you wrote:
>>It's the well known Loreo aka Argus 3d camera, now proposed at a 
>>reasonable
>>price.
>>Greg Kintz <gkintz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > This camera may have already been covered on Photo
>> > 3d, but if it wasn't, check out the website below:
>> >
>> > 3D Kids Camera & Viewer   #732099.....$45.00
>> > http://shopping.discovery.com/product/732099.html

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