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The TDC '''Stereo Colorist''' was introduced in 1954 as a competitor in the stereo market to the popular [[Stereo Realist]].
  
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While the Stereo Colorist is scale focusing, the 1957 Stereo Colorist II has a coupled rangefinder, combined with the viewfinder in the same eyepiece. Both models have three-element [[Rodenstock]] 35mm f/3.5 Trinar lenses and are otherwise similar.
  
The TDC '''Stereo Colorist''' was introduced in 1954 as a competitor in the stereo market to the popular [[Stereo Realist]].
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However initially, the rather different [[TDC Stereo Vivid]] was the more premium, [[Rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]]-focusing model.
  
Both the Stereo Colorist and the Stereo Colorist II were made in the 1950s in Germany by Bodensee Kamerawerke for Three Dimension Company, a subsidiary of [[Bell & Howell]].  
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TDC stereo models are designed to use 35mm color reversal (slide) film. The format of the picture is 23x24 mm, the '5p' (i.e. five perforations of 35mm film) that was used in the [[Stereo Realist]].  
  
They are designed to use 35mm color reversal (slide) film. The format of the picture is 23x24 mm, the '5p' (i.e. five perforations of 35mm film) that was used in the [[Stereo Realist]].
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Both the Stereo Colorist and the Stereo Colorist II were made in Germany by Bodensee Kamerawerke for Three Dimension Company, a subsidiary of [[Bell & Howell]].  
 
 
Both models have three-element [[Rodenstock]] 35mm f/3.5 Trinar lenses. While the Stereo Colorist is scale focusing, the Stereo Colorist II has a coupled rangefinder, combined with the4 viewfinder in the same eyepiece. Otherwise the two cameras are similar.
 
 
 
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== Stereoscopy ==
 
The stereo camera creates a 3D effect by taking two pictures simulataneously at eye width apart. When the two pictures are viewed in a designated holder which forces the each eye to view the respective slide individually, a 3D effect is simulated.  
 
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==Links==
 
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/stereo/stereo_colorist/stereo_colorist.htm Stereo Colorist user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
 
* [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/TDC-Stereo-Colorist/body_tdc-stereo-colorist.html Stereo Colorist] and [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/Stereokameras_nach_1945/TDC-Stereo-Colorist_II/body_tdc-stereo-colorist_ii.html Stereo Colorist II] at [http://www.stereoskopie.com/ Welt der Stereoskopie] (text in German).
 
* [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/TDC-Stereo-Colorist/body_tdc-stereo-colorist.html Stereo Colorist] and [http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/Stereokameras_nach_1945/TDC-Stereo-Colorist_II/body_tdc-stereo-colorist_ii.html Stereo Colorist II] at [http://www.stereoskopie.com/ Welt der Stereoskopie] (text in German).
 
* [http://www.stereoscopy.com/cameras/tdc-colorist-2.html TDC Stereo Colorist] at ''[http://www.stereoscopy.com/ stereoscopy.com]
 
* [http://www.stereoscopy.com/cameras/tdc-colorist-2.html TDC Stereo Colorist] at ''[http://www.stereoscopy.com/ stereoscopy.com]
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Latest revision as of 04:36, 26 March 2024

The TDC Stereo Colorist was introduced in 1954 as a competitor in the stereo market to the popular Stereo Realist.

While the Stereo Colorist is scale focusing, the 1957 Stereo Colorist II has a coupled rangefinder, combined with the viewfinder in the same eyepiece. Both models have three-element Rodenstock 35mm f/3.5 Trinar lenses and are otherwise similar.

However initially, the rather different TDC Stereo Vivid was the more premium, rangefinder-focusing model.

TDC stereo models are designed to use 35mm color reversal (slide) film. The format of the picture is 23x24 mm, the '5p' (i.e. five perforations of 35mm film) that was used in the Stereo Realist.

Both the Stereo Colorist and the Stereo Colorist II were made in Germany by Bodensee Kamerawerke for Three Dimension Company, a subsidiary of Bell & Howell.



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