Kirk Stereo is a stereo camera Bakelite takes stereo pairs of 26 × 28mm in a roll of film 828. The camera photographed is called Model 33 in its box and sold with a stereo viewer, also included. The instruction sheet has the name of the company Stereo, Inc. His address was 112 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles, California. The lenses have three openings: large, medium, small, selected by the knob between them. There are two shutter buttons; one for snapshots exhibitions, another for temporary exhibitions.
This week we approach original stereo camera 1942 about. Specifically, the model Kirk-33, manufactured in Los Angeles by Stereo Corporation , creator also of Contura, of which I spoke in the press 269
This camera has a brown bakelite body with a curious design that emulates the shell of a turtle . Took stereo pairs 28x28mm on a roll of film 828 , and in the instruction book recommended using slide film Kodakchrome, although its exposure control was very limited, prompting many users to make instantaneous too dark or too light. Had two buttons shutter, one for instant exhibitions and one for temporary exhibitions
He took in the boom of the stereo in the 50s, and its output prices were US $ 12,95 , as can be seen in advertising under these lines, where the benefits of this device, which allows you to take perfect pictures in 3D are highlighted.
camera sold along with the viewer and an instruction book which will explain how to mount snapshots . once revealed why together with the camera and the viewfinder is also accompanied by a kind of transparent plate holder to mount your own stereo view
it is noteworthy that the camera design is very similar to the camera that took parallel in the 40s Haneel Tri-Vision , which makes sense lines that were fashionable in that time, as well as the boom of the new American hobby.