[photo-3d] Re: Kodaslide II

["Chuck Holzner" <cfholzner@xxxxxxxx>]

--- In photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx, Gabriel Jacob <3-d@xxxx> wrote:
> Dr.T writes:
> >- Kodaslide II viewers have coated achromatic lenses, large and
> >   clear... (even though I see some signs of chromatic aberration)
> 
> Dr.T used to call it like he sees it, but these days he's more 
diplomatic. :-)
> Any ways, I've always followed the good doctors advise and took my
> Red Button medicine. I certainly didn't want any chromatic 
aberration
> headaches. I wanted the 3-D but not the side effects.
> 
> One day I strayed and went for a second opinion. I was promised the
> Kodaslide II would be easier to swallow. I dunno,  it was a bigger 
but
> supposedly better pill (i.e. lens).
> 
> I went ahead and bought a Kodaslide II. Guess what? I had to open up
> the Kodaslide II viewer to make sure I didn't get ripped off with 
someone
> switching a non-achromatic lens in there. They were achromats but
> they certainly didn't perform like achromats, I could see almost 
all the
> colors of the rainbow (okay, mainly blue and red). I bought another
> Kodaslide II and didn't see any improvement in that one either. I 
bought
> a few Kodaslide I also and of course they were not any better but 
they
> were also not that much worse (than the Kodaslide II).
> 
> Gabriel




3Dstereo.com, Inc.
(3D from Dalia)  sells the Red Button and the Kodaslide as well as 
several other viewers.  In the catalog they say that the Kodaslide II 
has "Best Lenses".   I guess you can't Believe everything you read.

Chuck