[photo-3d] Re Polaroid passport cameras

[Peter Homer <P.J.Homer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Schneberger wrote

>Has anyone tried using any of the Polaroid passport cameras for stereo?  They
>are Polaroid cameras with two lenses for taking side by side portraits (time
>saver) on a single type 669 print.  There are several different models
>available in the new Calumet catalog ranging from $400 to $650.
>
>If you go to http://www.calumetphoto.com and enter "Polaroid Miniportrait" in
>the keyword area it should bring you to a full selection of these cameras.
>
>The film used would generate a 3.25" x 4.25" print, so the side by side images
>would be approximately 2.125" x 3.25" each.
>
>I'm curious if anyone else has used one of these for stereo and what the
>results were?
 
I have experimented with an earlier version of the 203 mentioned on the web site.This did not have sonar range finding but used a built in tape measure instead which was broken, I was able to get it half price from  a proffesional photographers shop which no longer used it. An example from it that I entered in a print folio recieved quite favourable comments but it was bulky and heavy and the film expensive and hard to obtain as it used the old peel apart type. The focus was fixed although there were apertures to increase depth of field. At one time I also had an old Horseman camera which took the even earlier Polaroid rollfilm, I never actualy used this but was planning to adapt it for conventional medium format rollfilm,I have since sold both cameras. what I would like to try is one of the four lens cameras for close ups as they have a smaller seperation which could be varied according to how you held the camera. Also it might be possible to use one pair as a stereo viewfind!
er.  P.J.Homer