Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:25 PM 05-01-97 -0800, Matthew wrote: >My father owns an M3 and has become a 3D nut. He uses the Stemar 33mm >f/3.5 stereo system with Prism. It is really an amzing system. I have >seen most of his images and am knocked out by the sharpness and effect. >He uses very fine grain Kodak color reversal, which helps, the colors >are amazing. The Stemar system was introduced in 1954 and I believe >were mostly built in Canada. The system included the 33mm Lens, Prism >and Lens hood. To view the images, the Stemar Viewer is used, code named >Ohteo, or projection is achieved with stereo projection lenses. We >project with a Prado 500 and Twin Lens Elmar 50mm f/3.5. > >The format is unbeatable but unfortunately, like most quality Leica >equipment, it is very collectible, and the price very high. Someone was advertising a Stemar with hood prism and viewfinder on one of the rec.photo groups. He was asking $7900 for it. Dan C.