> I'm going to Europe in a couple of months, and I honestly can't
> imagine lugging a T120 with flash all over the place, and stressing
> about the possibility of having all of my film xrayed. I'm considering
> taking two of the new Kodsk Zx1 cameras and mounting them on a bar.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Steven Lederman <gongadin@rogers. com> wrote:
> I'm going to Europe in a couple of months, and I honestly can't
> imagine lugging a T120 with flash all over the place, and stressing
> about the possibility of having all of my film xrayed. I'm considering
> taking two of the new Kodsk Zx1 cameras and mounting them on a bar.

First, there is no similarity to MF film and digital so you need to
decide which you want. It really has nothing to do with cost, easy of
use, etc.

Second, if you are worried about X-Ray then simply have film mailed to
your hotel (either by yourself or the store you buy it from - such as
B&H) and mail the exposed film back to your home, or have it developed
while you are there.

Third, there is no way to sync the Kodak cameras so you might as well
use only one on a slide bar or use the cha-cha/side- step method.

Fourth, most any flash bracket will do for mounting two small cameras
side by side. You can find these in the "used" or "discount" bin of
most camera shops.

Fifth, all of the stereo dealers carry dual camera bars and slide bars:

Berezin 3D - http://www.berezin. com/3d/
3DStereo - http://www.3dstereo .com/
Dr. T. 3D - http://home. att.net/~ drt-3d/catalog/ index.htm

In fact Dr. T. has several items in eBay right now:

A Jasper Engineering slidebar - #220393422269
A 16" Jasper Twin Bar - #370185968559
A Slik Twin Bar - #370187073417

Hope that helps,

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, Steven Lederman wrote:
>
> I'm going to Europe in a couple of months, and I honestly can't
> imagine lugging a T120 with flash all over the place, and stressing
> about the possibility of having all of my film xrayed. I'm considering
> taking two of the new Kodsk Zx1 cameras and mounting them on a bar.
> Can anyone recommend a bar for this application, or cite instructions
> for a DIY project? I know this isn't really a MF question, and I
> apologize. Maybe someone will chime in about their experiences, good
> or bad, about lugging a medium format camera and accoutrements through
> Europe?
>
> Sent from my iPod
>

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "=JD=" wrote:
Now I use SDM and a nice pair of Canon SD870 cameras, IMO there is not better way to go digital wise.

I can second this, more or less. SDM is simple and pretty robust (once you get your switch working). There are some annoyances, like double pulsing and waiting for the flash (i.e. definitely not spontaneous), the occasional mis-sync, and abysmally slow continuous synced mode in which you have to pulse the cameras by hand (or buy/build an external pulse generator)! OTHO it's cheap, like where can you get a decent pair of cameras that can take over 4000 pix on one set of AA rechargeables for ~$100 each?

John

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "=JD=" wrote:
Now I use SDM and a nice pair of Canon SD870 cameras, IMO there is not better way to go digital wise.

I can second this, more or less. SDM is simple and pretty robust (once you get your switch working). There are some annoyances, like double pulsing and waiting for the flash (i.e. definitely not spontaneous), the occasional mis-sync, and abysmally slow continuous synced mode in which you have to pulse the cameras by hand (or buy/build an external pulse generator)! OTHO it's cheap, like where can you get a decent pair of cameras that can take over 4000 pix on one set of AA rechargables for ~$100 each?

John