P3D Re: RE: The Coronet stereo camera

[Vincent Chan <v7chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Charles Walter Pflanze <troggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I'm very curious if you're still shooting stereos with the Coronet.
>Please tell us more.  What type of mounts and viewer do you use?  Where
>or how do you get the film developed?

Hi Charles,
	No I don't use the Coronet much.  Sometimes on sunny days, I'll shoot some
of the older buildings in town, for stereo cards with that old time look.
It's basically a very simple camera, much like alot of the Kodak brownies
that you talked about.  It has meniscus lenses, f11, with a single shutter
speed, about 1/50th.  So you get two, slightly soft images with that "coke
bottle" look to them.  With these limitations, I've only used b&w negative
film in it, adjusting for exposure in the darkroom.  I process the film
myself, using the plastic adjustable Patterson reels.  Results are
adequate, if you're just making stereo cards.

	Does the sharpness compete with the Realist?  Heck no!  Even with the
large film size.  But it is fun to walk around on a sunny day, and just
snap pictures, with out having to worry about exposure.... shutter speeds,
f-stop, etc.  If you're wondering, I paid $70 Canadian (about $50 US) at a
swap meet for it.

Vincent.

ps.  the binocular viewer is too narrow for anyone with normal eye spacing
to use.