ory that assembled the Stereo Colorist I and II. If you don't read German, just use Google translator. Colorist I development began in 1952 and Colorist II development in 1954. Between May 1954 and June 1956 the Bodensee works provided approximately 20,000 stereo cameras to Cinefot, who supplied these cameras to Bell & Howell aka Three Dimension Corporation (TDC). 13,000 were Colorist I's and the remaining 7,000 Colorist II's. There was originally planned to be a Colorist III in two versions (right) but stereo photography didn't exactly take off in America- the new trend was color photography- and Bell & Howell got out of the stereo market. By 1960, remaining Colorist I's were being sold for as little as $19.95One innovation of the Colorist was its use of a machined aluminum top plate instead of chromed stamped brass. At one point the Bodensee factory tried to sell the Colorist to the German public as the Bodan Stereo, but Cinefot put a quick stop to this as the cameras were to be built exclusively for them.
The Colorist I and II are basically the same. The II added a coupled rangefinder. The II's original list price was $125 but had dropped to $79.50 by 1958.
