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Re: History of 3D Photography

  • From: P3D apec <apec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: History of 3D Photography
  • Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:31:44 +0800
DrT wrote:

>1860-1880 - Peak of stereo photography.  Millions of stereo views &
            thousands of stereoscopes made/sold (every house has a
            sterescope)

>1900 - Decline of stereoviews.  Small companies close/get absorbed by
       larger.  Keystone, last stereo view company to survive, gradually
       switches to educational application of stereo views.
 
>1947 - The Stereo Realist hits the market. Peak of "modern" 35 mm color
       slide photography is in 1955.  Decline follows.

>1993 - Dr. T writes his "Realist red button" book and does the first 7-p
       Realist red button convertion.


First of all, I would like to thank DrT for his help. I have more questions
for DrT.

1. Stereo photography hitted the market twice. Why it declined each time?

2. What is 7-p Realist red button convertion?

I would like to introduce your stuff to SST(Stereogrpahic Society of Taipei).

Albert Lin
apec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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