Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/22
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All of the many stereo gadjets that Leitz has made in the past, have been
discontinued for many years ie: STEREOLY, STEMAR, FIATE (slide-bar)
and thus very expensive collector items....But it is still possible, and has
been done, to mount 2 cameras in tandem or one camera with a slide bar
moving 3 inches (axial pupil distance). Of course you are limited to still
lifes since you will be taking 2 seperate slides seperated by the approx
distance between an average persons eyes.
This part is NO PROBLEM - the problem is that you will have 2 full frame
chromes and how do you view them ( are there any stereo viewers that can
utilize 2 full frames?) The late Les Hobbs commissioned Larry Wyatt to
make him a "DOPPEL" from 2 Mod I(A) bodies with 2 - 50/3.5 Elmars.
It was a copy of Barnack's "DOPPEL" but used 2 fulll frames instead of
half frames & the 1st pic used frames #1 & #3 then 2 winds of the camera
and next pic on frames #2 & #4.
The last I heard was that Les's son had the camera for sale for only $7000.
Cheers +++ Marvin Moss
In a message dated 97-08-22 20:14:19 EDT, you write:
> Once, probably a long time ago, Leica also produced (some sort of?) a
> stereoscope (camera and viewer). Can anyone tell me if this technology
> is still available or if this technology could be made possible by using
> for example two M-camera's (and how to view them)? Is there still any
> interest in this kind of photograpy?
> > > Alexander Koning
> The Netherlands
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