Re: [photo-3d] Vivitar Series One 70-210 Anaglyph Zoom lens

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:00 PM 5/9/00, deadman@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Brought in a T60 remote cable to my local camera shop. (for my t-70's, to 
>be spliced for twinning) He showed me a Vivitar Series One 70-210 Zoom 
>lens (Nikon Mount) I once owned one years ago for my Canon AE-1,  but what 
>made this one different was by pressing a switch, it converted into an 
>Anaglyph lens.  Peering down the barrel, a red/green septum moved into 
>place.  He claimed his former  store had dozens of them and that they sold 
>off most of them for $99 each a few years ago. He had hung onto it even 
>though he has no use for it himself.
>     Though I had never seen one, I am sure many in the group are familiar 
> with them.  The question he asked me was: does anyone use these anymore 
> and what  was it worth.   Any thoughts?          Richard, NY

This is the Vivitar Q-dos lens.  There's been a fair amount of discussion 
of this in the past.  It is capable of taking some pretty effective analog 
shots, but it has a few limitations:

1) You can't use colors that are close to the red/cyan of the 
filters.  They will pulsate in the image.

2) You have to use a fairly large aperture, I believe, in order to maximize 
the stereo effect.  This means a small depth-of-field, and a lot of 
out-of-focus area.

That said, you can take some pretty good shots within those constraints, 
and it's certainly easy to use.  Some folks on this list have made their 
own by opening up a lens and inserting filters, but those are not switchable.

Is he selling this one?  How much does he want for it?  How can I contact him?

-pd


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