Seeing Double
(this shot of the film taken with) Nikon D300, Nikkor AF 105/2.8 D Micro
As my Dear Sweet Wife has mentioned, we have been bitten by the View-Master bug in our household.
In this day and age when our kids have done just about everything possible on our iPhones, it has been a pleasure to see them wildly entertained by our childhood favorite analog stereo image viewing device.
Our six- and three-year olds, their cousins, and a number of their friends have been amazed for hours by viewing wheels about Dora, Cars, space exploration, and other topics.
While we are happy to see the View-Master brand still alive and well after over 65 years, we are getting serious about making our own reels via a decidedly vintage approach!
We purchased a classic View-Master Personal Stereo Camera and have run our first roll of slide film through it. I shot a number of exposure tests and everything seems to have come out well.
With this success under our wings we have ordered the accompanying vintage cutter device which slices out the pairs for perfect insertion into blank reels. With luck we may make our first reels in a week or two.
