Re: [photo-3d] Stereo Slide Viewers

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JohnLadd2@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I'm curious what the group has to say about stereo slide viewers.  I have a
> Kodaslide II, which I love, and a Lifelike, which is like a lot, particularly
> for its size.  I hear a lot about Realist viewers.  Are they as good as the
> Kodaslide II?  Better?

The Realist "red button" that George mentioned along with the Green-Button
(which I just got one of for my collection last week) are both very nice
as is the Kodaslide II.  The Realist "version" of the Lifelike is quite a 
bit better than the Lifelike and is called the ST-63 officially, or the
"small green one" unofficially (by me).  There's a lousy photo 
of one on my site at http://www.photo-3d.com/CamPages/st53.html
to see which one I'm talking about (I'll update/improve my early photographs
someday after I finish the "first round" for the rest).  I've several
of these units and they've all achromat lenses. They're small and 
they auto-turn-on with slide insertion.  Just handy.

Of course, the smaller de Wijs viewer is pretty handy and small too, but
we'll not mention it -- it's a couple dollars higher than the other ones
above, possibly not what the originator of this thread had in mind.

Mike K.


P.S. - If one really wants handy, the van Ekeren ones (photos at
       http://www.photo-3d.com/Viewers/pages/vanEkeren2.html ) drop
       into one's pocket and the pocket is nowhere near filled!

P.P.S. - I did those (cross-eyed only) photos more recently, so
         they're much less lousy (I think).  :-)

> 
> John Ladd
> Burbank, CA