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This Kindar stereo camera is one that I haven't actually used. This unit has a completely jammed shutter mechanism which is an attribute I understand to be very common to this model. This model's claim to fame is that it was designed by Seton Rochwite, the same designer as the David White Stereo Realist camera.
This model of camera was a low-cost design (probably one reason that the shutter has problems and is reportedly not worth having fixed). The camera is, as would be expected, a "Realist Format" stereo camera (but not built by the same company). Unlike the Realist it focuses by moving the front lensboard back and forth rather than having the film move back and forth . Despite being a lower cost design, it still does have a rangefinder (which some other cameras leave off) of the overlap-two-images variety. It has a feature missing on a good number of the mid-1950's stereo cameras: it has a rewind crank! Seemingly a simple thing, it's something very noticeable when missing on a camera (before motor-rewinds were invented). |