Re: wide-angle stereo

[Peter Davis <pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> The serious answer to question #4:  Yes, sometimes. (see answer #1).  
> Example:  I was shooting HMS Victory, a Very Big Thing; (Nelson's flagship 
> from Trafalger, now in drydock at Portsmouth, for  non-Anglophiles);  If I 
> had backed up enough to include the whole ship, I would have been subjected 
> to the usual whining:  Not enough 3-D; should have used hyper, etc.  So, 
> using the Steinheil allows one to recreate the stereo visual perspective of 
> standing relatively close to a large object, while compensating for the 
> inability of the viewer to turn his head to see the whole thing.   
> 

Another approach to consider here is to stand off the bow of the ship
and shoot lengthwise.  This would give an interesting 3D shot, with
lots of rigging at different depths, etc., while also enabling you to
fit a lot of ship into the picture.

-pd
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