Robins 1-2 3D stereo adapter for Polaroid User manual

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      A   INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE YOUR I -2.3D           -       STEREO CAMERA CONVERTER
   I   Ploce the  I -2-3D Slereo Converter squorely over   f he  f ronl of your comero lens ond
    -  secure it with ihe spring clips. (lllustroiion B ) Alwoys keep the Adopter oligned squorely
       in front of lens of comero. Check ii occosionolly.
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    SPRING CLIP                 CAMERA
 I-2.3D STEREO                        SPRING CLIP
  CONVERTER

  MIRROR
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                            AND SHIETD I               I.2-3D STEREO                         EIECTRIC
                             KNOB ELECTRIC    CONVERTER                             EYE      ITIUSTRATION B
                                                                       EYE

                           EXPOSURE:
  Adiust lens lo Normol posilion indicoted on froni of your comero.  lf piclures oppeor dork,
  position lens towords Lighlen position. lf pictures oppeor light or woshed out, odiusl lens
  fowords Dorken posifion.
        B  HOW TO AIM YOUR CAMERA AND SIGHT FOR           -          STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY
   I    Slide "2 tor  I " film sover lo center position, where  it will click into position on 3D
    -  qllochmeni to uncover bolh mirrors. (lllustrof ion l)


                       MIRROR                              I-2.3D STEREO
                                                       CONVERTER
                        KNOB                             II,TUSTRATION    'I
                      2 FOR  I SUDE               MIRROR
                       AND  SHIEI-D

  2   Hold cqmero horizonlol ond level or one-holf of the pholo moy show o higher view    -  lhon the olher. (lllustrofion  2)
  3   For best results center your piclure in the viewfinder. The Adopter otiochment will
    -  seporote lhe views outomoticolly ond correctly.
  4-The  Slereo Adopter tokes piclures 1/2 lhe width of non-stereo piclures. You moy mosk
      your viewfinder wiih fope for eose of froming the correcl oreo to sight in lhe view-
       finder or you will soon leorn to iudge subiecls when shooting wilh the 3D Adopter.
        (lllusiroiion 3) lf your comero hos fromed viewing (or porollor correction), oim wilh
      lhe Sfereo picture or subiect centered belween these guide lines. (lllustrotion  4)





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      CAMERA               CAMERA                      ITI.USTRATION 4
             C _ CHECK ADAPTER OCCASIONATLY
 The Adopter con move out of olignmenl on the comerq resulling in o Sfereo picture wifh
 the cenler line ot on ongle. This is correcloble by trimming top ond boflom edges of fhe
 photo squore with lhe cenler line. CAUTION: Check olignment bef ore snopping eoch
 piclure: Checking is eosier ihon trimming.
     D _ TO GET THE MOST ENJOYMENT FROM YOUR 3D
                    STEREO ADAPTER
I   Choose your subiecl corefully. When shooling severol obiects or groups or people,
  -  siogger youi subiects lo obloin lhe efieci of dislonce with some in fhe foreground ond
     others in lhe bockground.
2   Look for oction. A person lhrowing o boll, running, reoching for on obiect, elc. mokes
  -  interesfing life-like 3D subiects.
3   Choose scenes wilh foreground ond bockground inferest. This odds perspeclive ond
  -  reolism. Below ore some exomples of inieresting compositions for 3D resulis. Sludy
    lhese ideos ond odopt fhem lo your own loste. Don'l be ofroid to experimenl.
      (lllustrotion  5)





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   E _ HOW TO USE THE "2 FOR  I '' FILM SAVER ATTACHMENT
The 3D Adopler feotures o "2 lor  l"  Film Sover Altochmenl. You will get lwice os mony
piclures (non-stereo) from eoch roll of film when you use the "2 for  I ". Eoch picture will
be opproximolely wollel size. To seporole the piclures use % " or r/2" while iope. Ploce
tope down center oI piclure ond cul lhe piclures oport. (lllustrotion 6)

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I         "2 lor  l"  Shield on 3D Slereo Converter lo the right os for os ii will go,
   -Slidewif hout forcing. The cushioned edge of lhe "2 tor  I " Shield will provide light light
      covering over the mirror. Snop your firsi picture. (llluslrotion 7)
l{-    pyg5s No. 2 button lo set lhe shutfer for your second piclure. Do nol compleie sfeps
     3 ond 4 which would develop the film.
2    Slide "2 lor   I " Shield to lhe left os for os it will go. Snop the second piciure.
   -  Develop your piclure by completing sleps 3 ond 4. You now hove two difterent photos
     on one frome.

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           PTcTURE #l         PTcTURE #2
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       F   TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY FUN USING YOUR "2 FOR  I ''         -               ATTACHMENT
 You con do lrick photogrophy using ihe "2 for l"  oltochmenf. The vorious lrick effects ore
  limited only lo your imoginotion, polience ond willingness to experiment. Trick photogrophy
  is "tricky" ond requires some proctice to work out fechniques.
 For trick effects toke iwo seporole piciures using  f he "2 for  I " ottochment, see porogroph E
  (llluslrotion 7) ond view them either with or without lhe viewer occording fo ihe sifuolion.
 Below ore illuslrotions ond description of trick photogrophy effecls possible. Study lhese
 ideos ond lry them for yourself by following lhe steps.
                    A  A person orguing with himself.
  I       o picfure of someone                                  -    posed in o position of orguing wilh someone. Hove him
  -Tokefoce the left.
 2   Pose the some person in o posifion of crguing with someone, but this fime hove him
   -  foce lhe right. Toke the second picfure ond develop.
 3   Exomine your compleled photo withoul your viewer. The resulf is the person oppeors
   -  to be orguing with himself.
             ffil           f,

B  A person oppeoring lo dive into o poil of wofer.
                      -                    lurned over, shoot o picture of o bucket of woler.I   Wilh fhe comero  -2    Pose o person stonding with his orms roised os if diving. Snop your second picture
  -  ond develop.
3    Ploce the completed photo in your viewer. The result is lhe person will oppeor io be
  -  diving inlo o bucket of woler.
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                C  A person oppeoring to hove o siomese lwin.
                         -     fhe right. Snop your picfure.|    p6sg lhe person focing  -2    Pose lhe some person in the some posif ion fo the left. Snop your second piclure.
  -  Develop.
3   Observe your finished photo in your viewer, The resull is the person oppeors lo hove
  -  o double twin ioined bock to bock with himself.


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         D  A person oppeoring like o giont lo be seoled obove o scene.
                -I   Snop o piclure                   of o scene wif h the horizon reoching only o quorter of the woy up
  -  from fhe boftom edge of lhe photo. Delermine your subiect motter ond spoce il will
    toke up by viewing fhrough your viewfinder.
2   Seoi your subiecf or person on o light (sond or while drop cloth) foreground. Cenier
  -  your subiect wiih the viewfinder showing fhe person seoled slorfing obout one quorler
    of lhe woy up from lhe bottom edge of the picture. Snop your phoio. Develop.
3   View your finished print in the viewer. The resulf will be thot of o gionl seoled on o
  -  scene.
Note: In order lo see one imoge superimposed on onofher in the viewer, beor in mind
       thol the eye will see the dorker porfs of lhe piclures which ore superimposed. So
      use o light or white (or sky) bockground for poris of piclures you do nol wonf to see.

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  G   VIEWING PICTURES IN  I -2.3D                                                                                           .<(/4r,F4..,Use of-the Viewer:
I   Swing the eye pieces open, lhey will snop into  -   posiiion.                                f.)-e
2    lnserl your 3D photo, in the spring clip focing lhe
  -  lenses.                                                                                             l,
3   The seplum (lhe cenier porlion of the viewer fo
  -  which  f he spring clip is ottoched) should cover                                     I TTUSTRATION  8
    the dividing line befween lhe slereo piclures.
Off cenler piclures:
 It is not unusuol for the dividing line of l-2-3D pictures to be off fo the left or right. This
condition is normol ond does nol oftecl 3D viewing. In foct if gives the qdded effect of
o wider picfure.
The width of the dividing line seporoting pictures will vory. When fhe lens is set iowords
"Dqrken" fhe line becomes wider. When the lens is set to "lighten" the line moy disop-
peor ond the fwo piclures moy overlop eqch olher qt the center.
The l-2-3D Viewer is designed for the person with overoge correcled or uncorrected vision
ond converging obility. lf  in viewing  I -2-3D picf ures for the first time, deplh is not
immediotely opporent, concentrote on the pictures for o short time. Then rest your eyes
by looking ot ci distonl obiect. Slowly move fhe Viewer forword ond bock until the picture
comes into focus. (lllustrofion  8')
Some people gel best resulis viewing wilh the lenses o shorl distonce owoy from lhe eyes.

  H   CTEANING THE MIRRORS OF YOUR 3D STEREO ADAPTER"Genile"-   is lhe word. They should be treoled os genlly os lenses. Keep the mirrors free
from dust ond fingerprints.  lf cleoning becomes necessory, blow ony loose dust off, breofhe
on them ond gently polish with o soft linf-free cloth or lens fissue. Avoid scrolching these
precision opticol mirrors. When not in use, the Adopier should be slored in the plostic
envelqpg  ii comes in.    ,
                                         I _ USE OF FTASH PICTURES
 The l-2-3D Aftochmenl moy be used for flosh pictures using bounce flosh indoors. The direct
 flosh connol be used becouse of the immovoble position of the flosh. gun on fhe comero
 would throw o shodow ond not fully cover the picture oreo when the l-2-3D ottochmenf  is
 in ploce.





 *lf occuroiely cenlered picfures ore required for lechnicol reosons, elc., ihe stereo odopter
  moy be shimmed lo fqvor one side or fhe other to compensote for voriolions in comero
 ond ftlm.




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