Re: [photo-3d] Which RBT?

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On the 3d-concepts site, the X2V2 looks pretty good.  It lacks
> auto-focus, but seems to have everything else.  What is the X3?  That
> and the X4 are mentioned on Jon's site, but no details are given.

Although I've already posted about my choice of the X3 (and yes,
I'm in my 40's so it was my time to do so ... just doing my duty!),
I thought I'd mention that one can see specs on RBT's web site.
If one only speaks English, as I do, then one can use AltaVista's
babel fish interface to read literal real-time translations while
browsing through RBT's site in a translated-frame within AltaVista's.

To do this, "cut" this link:  http://www.rbt-3d.de/x3.htm
and paste it into the (second choice) website option
blank at http://babel.altavista.com/translate.dyn
Then select the German-to-yourlanguage choice, and hit
the translate button!  You can then browse through RBT's
site in English (sortof).  Notice that even when a new
window is brought up, the new window is being translated
on the fly as well.

Their translator has a limit as how how much text on a
single page it will translate.  The X3 page is longer than
this limit by a bit, so on special occasions like this one,
one can use the first option at the altavista page above
and do a cut/paste from the lower part of the x3 page to
the altavista babel page -- and get a translation for that
part.  I think there was another site that does something 
similar, but I don't have it's URL handy.

Mike K.


P.S. - The X3 is based on Ricoh's top-of-the-line SLR camera,
       while the X2V2 is based on another model.  Not a great
       deal of difference , the X3 just has a few more
       bells and whistles.


P.P.S. - Something I hadn't mentioned earlier that in addition
         to having TTL flash, the X3 also has a built-in flash,
         one of those small pop-ups.  Too wimpy for serious flash
         work, but very handy to have around for those unexpected
         needs.  It also can be used for doing that flicker'ish
         pre-burst mini-flashing before main-flash for red-eye
         reduction.