Leica and stereo

[Pecole]

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A remark by mate Ileo prompted me to the "Stereo" file of my former Fontenelle Collection. Frankly, I do not remember if I already published some of the pixes, but I believe it may be of interest to some of you to see them under one sigle title.

The wooden "copy" of the Doppel Leica was made by the Italian "artist" Alberico Arces, well known for his incredibly nice copies of UR and Nullserie.

 

 

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[lleo]

Awesome. Yes, that's it. The Stemar costing a billion Euros. Hey Pecole, have you ever took stereo pics?

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[TomB_tx]

My first 35mm camera was a Stereo Realist - a gift from my dad, who used one from about1949 until he couldn't get Kodachrome 25 any more. Not a Leica, or a collector item, but well made and gave great results. Incredible base length on the split-image RF!

[Dr. No]

Awesome. Yes, that's it. The Stemar costing a billion Euros. Hey Pecole, have you ever took stereo pics?

 

the stemar doesn't cost a bilion euros ...

[Dr. No]

here you go lleo - even with camera

 

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Edited January 10, 2016 by Dr. No

[lleo]

Vielen Dank, Doktor

But I think it was one I saw in the shop costing a huge amount of Euros. Maybe a special one or a particular model?

[lleo]

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Great, Tom. A long time ago I had a Revere Stereo, fantastic camera. I've got to look if I found some pics I took. Another fantastic one is the early View-Master in black: it has a beautiful art decò appearance.

 

My first 35mm camera was a Stereo Realist - a gift from my dad, who used one from about1949 until he couldn't get Kodachrome 25 any more. Not a Leica, or a collector item, but well made and gave great results. Incredible base length on the split-image RF!

[George Furst]

I have recently been enjoying stereo photography using my Leica apo 50 lens and a smartphone. I use a stereo prism on the front of the 50mm lens then look at the photos using my smartphone and a stereoscope viewer. The prism is from Carl Zeiss Jena and dates back to the 1950s and can be screwed onto the front of the lens with an adaptor. I purchased mine of eBay. They are not cheap at aver $200 but they take excellent stereo digital pictures. 

 

When end out taking pictures with the prism on the lens I do get strange looks from people but my goal now is to add a stereo video. The main advantage of this system is that it is not expensive and the stereo prism can be put on any 50mm lens and suddenly your camera is a stereo camera. I have also used stereo film cameras but they require one to mount the photographs on special mounts and then you must have a special viewer where the mounted photos, slides in this case, are inserted for viewing. 

 

The he advantage of the prism and digital camera is when the stereo pictures are transferred to the smartphone the size of the photograph is perfect for viewing with the stereoscope. I have shown this to my Korea Leica club members and they are really surprised at the pictures.

[Theodor Heinrichsohn]

I own the Canadian Stemar set, a few filters, the battery lit viewer as well as 2 projection lenses.

While in Japan, a technician converted the lens for use on the Minolta CLE by unscrewing the

metal divider and replacing it with a dull black cardboard divider just a little smaller than the original.

I then used the Stemar on the CLE with Kodachrome 64 and sometimes alternated with normal

Leica and Minolta lenses on the same film.

The lens is easily restored to its original condition. Today this would only be of limited interest as

one can use the M7 with its automation. When I had the conversion made for the Minolta CLE

the small size of the camera and the ease of use made sense.

Teddy 

[JeTexas]

I'm curious about the Stemar. Did you have to use the mirror attachment on top of the lens? If not, what was the purpose of adding the mirror prism hood? Did it widen the perspective between the images?

[Pecole]

Well, JeTexas, what you call "mirror attachment" is the OIMPO (or 60160) prism that had to be attached to the Stemar to take photos beyond 3 m. (or 10 ft.), since the 33 mm focal length lens was corrected to deliver best stereo effect within this distance. The prism allowed to extend this effect beyond. I'll add that earlier prisms had no hinged front cover.

[frank_dernie]

Awesome. Yes, that's it. The Stemar costing a billion Euros. Hey Pecole, have you ever took stereo pics?

 

The Stemar is merely valuable. The Stereo Elmar otoh is very rare, only 31 were made. I have one which i bought decades ago but I have no idea what it is worth nowadays.

[gyoung]

A remark by mate Ileo prompted me to the "Stereo" file of my former Fontenelle Collection. Frankly, I do not remember if I already published some of the pixes, but I believe it may be of interest to some of you to see them under one sigle title.

The wooden "copy" of the Doppel Leica was made by the Italian "artist" Alberico Arces, well known for his incredibly nice copies of UR and Nullserie.

One of the many interesting things at Malcolm Taylor's repair workshop when I visited a few years ago was a doppel leica sitting on a shelf. I didnt ask if it was original or a reconstruction.

 

Gerry