[photo-3d] Re: 7p stereo cameras

["Chuck Holzner" <cfholzner@xxxxxxxx>]

> If you don't have much love for automatic cameras then why
> are you interested in the FED?  
> 
I bought a FED to try the Euro Format that I was hearing so much 
about, you know, how "wider is better".
Even on ebay, I couldn't find a 7 perf for less than the FED BOY.  
All of the old used 7 perfs were MUCH higher and then you have the 
RBTs.  (In truth the FED is more like a 6 2/3 perf.)
There is much I don't like about the FED; no rangefinder, clumsy 
case, expensive slide mounts (not the cameras failt), and auto 
exposure with no overrides except to go to 1/30 sec and an F stop 
between 2.8 and 11, to name a few.  I wish they made an all manual 
version of the FED.
I didn't really expect much from this camera, It didn't cost much, is 
Russian made, and someone posted a not so good review of one on the 
web.  
What did suprise me was that the lenses seem to be very sharp.  I 
really don't know why.  Somewhere I read that the Russians got the 
best German lens factories after WW2, maybe the Russians learned 
something.

> Both autofocus and autoexposure in the S1 can be turned
> off but then you might as well use a Realist

I do, sometimes.  Are you saying that the Realist is as good as a S1 
in manual mode?  Which Realist?

> Talking about the Realist, let's not forget the 7p modification
> of the Realist.  

I have seen one. The problem here is that Realist didn't design their 
lenses for that wide a field and to get acceptable edge performance 
you need to use the best F2.8 lenses they sold or better yet, replace 
them with non-Realist lenses.  It does run into big money but is 
great for people who love the Realist and want to get more out of it 
at any cost.

Chuck


> 
> George