[photo-3d] Realist

["Michael Plecas" <mplecas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi people,
I have two 3.5 Realists, a macro Realist, two Kodaks, a TDC, a 
Revere, and a Sputnik. I've dropped, fallen with, and kicked my 
Realist. It's fallen out of a jacket while on a bicycle, tumbling end 
over end on asphalt at twenty miles per hour. I've fallen down a 
mountain side with the Realist. I've fixed the shutter with my 
swiss army knife in the Everglades. It still takes great pictures. I 
dropped one Kodak once, it broke internally, The TDC has never 
worked properly, The Revere is ok but I have a Realist that I don't 
have to take the film out of before I pound my tent stakes in. Now 
I have a problem, once I tweeked the Sputnik ( many thanks to 
Paul Talbot) I can't use it enough. The slides are great, medium 
format has hooked me. The reason we use the old cameras is 
they work! That's why people still use the large format, because 
of the image it creates. RBTs seem to be great cameras. I hope I 
own one someday. The price isn't bad for what it is, the points 
have all been made on what makes it expensive. Price just the 
optics, not the new plastic ones but quality glass lenses. Go buy 
two nice NEW 35mm cameras with all the bells and whistles 
and you could easily spend what an RBT costs, then you still 
have to link them somehow. I'll keep my Realists and Sputnik, I'll 
keep control over the creativity because they are completely 
manual ( I think it's an asset ). Do you really want a computer 
chip to take the picture?  The reason I'll always use stereo 
cameras? Because people WANT to see my vacation slides and 
it's so much fun. Lifes to short to worry about unimportant things. 
Find out what works for you then use it! When ya'll figure out 
what's best let me know, I have to go take more pictures. 
Michael Plecas