Re: [photo-3d] Re: Subject: Discovery Channel version of the Loreo

["David Vandever" <vandever1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thought i would throw in some thoughts about the argus stereo camera. just 
developed my prints taken last week. i photographed france, italy 
switzerland, and england. focus and depth were excellent. in holland, people 
were fascinated by the camera,and wanted to know where to buy one. overall, 
i would recommend the argus, except of course for the ever-present wandering 
septum. david vandever  vandever1@xxxxxxxxxxx


>From: "Todd Leghorn" <musclepuppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [photo-3d] Re: Subject: Discovery Channel version of the Loreo
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 11:26:48 PDT
>
> >
> >    Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 16:17:45 -0000
> >    From: "John Blackwell" <mrmsty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: Discovery Channel version of the Loreo
> >
> >My camera is an Argus-branded Loreo, but it does have the twist-on
> >septum.
>
>Lucky you. My early Argus has the near-worthless suction-cup septum. They
>included a lousy string with the septum that you attached to the camera, 
>and
>even if the septum stays affixed (which won't be for long), the string can
>accidentally stray into view of the lenses. The string's purpose is to 
>catch
>the suction cup septum when it invariably falls off of the camera. I'm
>rubbing in the issue in case anyone decides to buy a Loreo or Argus to *be
>sure* to verify with the dealer before you buy a one of these cameras is
>that it has the twist-on septum. (I've discussed the issue with an 
>otherwise
>reputable and well-known 3D dealer, and their response was that it isn't a
>problem that they are aware of. Yeh, right!)
>
> >The
> >result is a lot of accidental ghosting.  (I have photo from Easter
> >where a child's face is overlaid with the ghost of a white-framed
> >window, and the window doesn't even appear in the image.)
> >
> >The weird thing about the ghosting, though, is that it comes from the
> >opposite side of the camera.  In the example I just mentioned, the
> >ghost appears on the left image, but the source of the ghost was more
> >than 45 degrees to the right of forward.  I think I might know the
> >source of the problem, though.
> >
>
>This sounds like an OPPORTUNITY that a scalper/dealer can hark on the
>"psychic network"  message boards: this "extra-dimensional" camera captures
>images of GHOSTS! What a feature to exploit on the gullible! And they will
>BELIEVE it! SEE YOUR OWN GHOSTS! <hah hah hah > (Sorry, I couldn't resist,
>but the suckers' market is BIG in the psychic  community.)
>
>Somewhere on the Web are the procedures someone developed to reduce
>reflections in the Loreo. (The procedures were written a few years ago
>before the introduction of the septum.) Of course, I cannot locate the URL,
>but what I recall is that you have to be *extremely* careful not to paint
>certain specific parts of the mirror. These are front-surfaced mirrors (not
>glass) and they are impractical if not impossible to try to clean if you
>accidentally drip or smudge the mirror surfaces.
>
>In the end, the septum takes care of 95% of reflection problems. Even with
>the septum in place, you do risk an occasional stray bright light source
>striking the mirror and causing a little "glitch" in the corner but no
>ghosts.
>
>My tongue is back in the cheek. Uh, I guess the septum lenshade could be
>re-marketeered as a "ghost filter" to the psychic community. <haha, hah,
>hah, hah>
>
>BEST regards, Todd Leghorn
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