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Subject: Sputnik
Date: 2007-07-30 23:52:58
From: Scott Youmans
Does anyone know of someone specializing in upgrading Sputniks? I have
a fairly clean one but it needs some work for light leaks and one lens
is not in sync with the other in terms of focusing.

Thanks,

Scott Youmans
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-07-31 18:59:01
From: radiomaan
There is a kit for this at http://www.rmm3d.com/shooting/cameras.html.
There is also an oline article on fixing them up at
http://www.stereoscopy.com/cameras/hack-sputnik.html.

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Youmans"
wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of someone specializing in upgrading Sputniks? I have
> a fairly clean one but it needs some work for light leaks and one lens
> is not in sync with the other in terms of focusing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Youmans
>
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-01 07:00:16
From: Brian Reynolds
Scott Youmans wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of someone specializing in upgrading Sputniks? I have
> a fairly clean one but it needs some work for light leaks and one lens
> is not in sync with the other in terms of focusing.

I highly recommend Ted Baskin. He has worked on my Sputnik a few
times. (I find that after a year or two of use Sputniks fall out of
adjustment.) Most recently he practically built a new camera after I
sent him a smashed Sputnik (it fell onto a concrete hangar floor and
cracked near the left rear corner and broke the left door), and a
junker Sputnik (it had been stripped for parts over the years). He
used parts from these cameras and a pair of Lubitels to build a nicely
working camera.

--
Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you know,
reynolds@panix.com | the important thing is to understand
http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing rather than to get
NAR# 54438 | the right answer." -- Tom Lehrer
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-01 07:09:35
From: lnygren@pol.net
I agree with the endorsement of Ted's work. He did a Sputnik rebuild
for me on a "good" unmodified sputnik plus 2 lubitels and a polaroid
(for the viewfinder). Not as cheap as a basic tuneup might have
been, but worth it IMO. Still considerably less $$$ than a TL-120,
and it is a nice compact light weight MF stereo rig. -Linda

Brian Reynolds said:
> Scott Youmans wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of someone specializing in upgrading Sputniks?
I have a fairly clean one but it needs some work for light
>> leaks and one lens is not in sync with the other in terms of
>> focusing.
>
> I highly recommend Ted Baskin. He has worked on my Sputnik a few
times. (I find that after a year or two of use Sputniks fall out
of adjustment.) Most recently he practically built a new camera
after I sent him a smashed Sputnik (it fell onto a concrete hangar
floor and cracked near the left rear corner and broke the left
> door), and a
> junker Sputnik (it had been stripped for parts over the years).
He used parts from these cameras and a pair of Lubitels to build a
nicely working camera.
>
> --
> Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you
know, reynolds@panix.com | the important thing is to
understand http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing
rather than to get NAR# 54438 | the right
> answer." -- Tom Lehrer
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-01 10:03:15
From: Brian Reynolds
Linda wrote:
> I agree with the endorsement of Ted's work. He did a Sputnik rebuild
> for me on a "good" unmodified sputnik plus 2 lubitels and a polaroid
> (for the viewfinder). Not as cheap as a basic tuneup might have
> been, but worth it IMO. Still considerably less $$$ than a TL-120,
> and it is a nice compact light weight MF stereo rig. -Linda

I didn't know Ted did custom viewfinders, but I haven't ask. How do
you like it? Does it have a level in it?

I really like using a waistlevel viewfinder and find the eye level
viewfinders the thing I like least about my DSLR and Pentax 67II. I
find the Sputnik finder close enough for me. I use lots of 6x4.5
mounts, so I have cropping room to spare for view finder inaccuracies.

By the way, one of the reasons I keep spending money on my Sputnik
(besides the fact that I've spent much less than the TL-120 on the
Sputnik and all the repairs) is that I can get local repairs. The
folks running 3D World really need to get a factory authorized repair
technician in North America. George, Sam, and the other folks selling
the TL-120 in North America really need to push them on this.

(I keep calling it my Sputnik, but at this point it's like Grandpa's
axe. The handle has been replaced twice and the head three times, but
it's still Grandpa's axe.)

--
Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you know,
reynolds@panix.com | the important thing is to understand
http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing rather than to get
NAR# 54438 | the right answer." -- Tom Lehrer
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-01 10:51:04
From: depthcam
--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, Brian Reynolds wrote:

Brian wrote:

> I didn't know Ted did custom viewfinders, but I haven't ask. How
do
> you like it? Does it have a level in it?
> (snip...)
> Brian Reynolds

Hi Brian,

Having seen a few pictures of his work, I can tell you about Ted's
viewfinder modification. Ted puts a plate over the waist-level
finder opening and mounts an eye-level viewfinder from one of the
old sixties Polaroid Land cameras. The top range of these cameras
had high quality Zeiss viewfinders (combined rangefinder)and Ted
takes advantage of their rangefinder by adding a distance scale so
one can use their rangefinding ability to adjust the focus
accordingly. Needless to say, waist-level viewfinding is no longer
possible.

Francois
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-02 09:04:44
From: David Damico
That's a great story Brian. I've seen a Spud with the Polaroid viewfinder and honestly don't know if eye level framing would be better. Of course it may be me just "feeling" like a pro using the ground glass.

David

On 8/1/07, Brian Reynolds <mf3d@reynolds.users.panix.com> wrote:

(I keep calling it my Sputnik, but at this point it's like Grandpa's
axe. The handle has been replaced twice and the head three times, but
it's still Grandpa's axe.)



Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-02 10:18:12
From: Michael Kersenbrock
David Damico wrote:
> That's a great story Brian. I've seen a Spud with the Polaroid
> viewfinder and honestly don't know if eye level framing would be
> better. Of course it may be me just "feeling" like a pro using the
> ground glass.
I use the Polaroid viewfinder attachment that Don Lopp made for me. It
at least feels like I'm
pointing it usefully. The built-in Sputnik viewfinder sometimes seems
to be maybe about as
accurate as not looking at all. What I see would vary on how I'm
looking at it even if the camera
hasn't moved. Or at least it seems that way. Frustrating as much as
anything. So I like the
Polaroid viewfinder. Even if not perfectly accurate, good enough --
particularly seeing as how
my focus and DOF are SWAG's as it is anyway -- along with my exposure
settings (depending what
meter I've taken with me). Surprisingly things usually turn out pretty
good anyway. Being lucky helps.


Mike K.
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2007-08-02 18:46:20
From: scott.youmans@scyphoto.com
Is there a way for me to contact Ted Baskin?
 
Thanks,

----- Original Message ----
From: Brian Reynolds
To: MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 9:00:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MF3D-group] Sputnik

Linda wrote:

> I agree with the endorsement of Ted's work. He did a Sputnik rebuild
> for me on a "good" unmodified sputnik plus 2 lubitels and a polaroid
> (for the viewfinder). Not as cheap as a basic tuneup might have
> been, but worth it IMO. Still considerably less $$$ than a TL-120,
> and it is a nice compact light weight MF stereo rig. -Linda

I didn't know Ted did custom viewfinders, but I haven't ask. How do
you like it? Does it have a level in it?

I really like using a waistlevel viewfinder and find the eye level
viewfinders the thing I like least about my DSLR and Pentax 67II. I
find the Sputnik finder close enough for me. I use lots of 6x4.5
mounts, so I have cropping room to spare for view finder inaccuracies.

By the way, one of the reasons I keep spending money on my Sputnik
(besides the fact that I've spent much less than the TL-120 on the
Sputnik and all the repairs) is that I can get local repairs. The
folks running 3D World really need to get a factory authorized repair
technician in North America. George, Sam, and the other folks selling
the TL-120 in North America really need to push them on this.

(I keep calling it my Sputnik, but at this point it's like Grandpa's
axe. The handle has been replaced twice and the head three times, but
it's still Grandpa's axe.)

--
Brian Reynolds | "But in the new approach, as you know,
reynolds@panix. com | the important thing is to understand
http://www.panix. com/~reynolds/ | what you're doing rather than to get
NAR# 54438 | the right answer." -- Tom Lehrer


Subject: Sputnik
Date: 2014-09-01 14:11:27
From: Don Lopp
Hello,

I keep forgetting to mention that the Sputnik was, originally,
designed for making small B&W prints, to be viewed in a small print
viewer, which was sold with the camera. Somewhere amongst my
photographic collection, I have many German, pre WWII B&W 3D contact
prints, of German views taken pre Hitler. When the Sputnik came on to
the market, the Soviet Union did not offe,r to their public, color slide
film. Years later, when their color slide film did arrive, it was
terrible . The 35mm 3D slides they sold in Moscow were, IMO,
unbelievably bad, grainy and a brownish green color. The first Fuji
slide film was only a little bit better. Less grainy in the late 1970's.

Cheers,

DON
Subject: Re: Sputnik
Date: 2014-09-01 20:08:21
From: coronet3d
Hi Don,
Are you saying that the Sputnik lenses weren't color corrected?  The colors always seemed correct to me.
Steve