RE: Collecting Stereo Views

[P3D Shelley, Dan <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It's funny how many of the stereo collectors 
>on the list (all ten of us...) often comment 
>that "maybe one day I'll buy a camera and 
>shoot," but I never hear the camera users 
>pining for the day when they'll start collecting
>views. Just my observation....no harm intended. 
>In fact, I say this only to encourage all of 
>you "users-only" type people to dive into 
>collecting 19th century views.

I must confess to the fact that the first 3D thing I "found" years ago 
was a green Stereopticon (Or however you prefer to spell it! =) ) and 
went on a 6 month binge to find views... I now have about 75 or so that 
I really enjoy, and looked thru about 10,000 to find them. 

My observation: MANY, MANY 19th century stereo cards were cheap, ill-  
conceived excuses to make some money. There are relatively few 
well-made 3D stereo pairs from that period. (Kinda like TV today...) 

The good part of all this is that because it became so tedious to 
collect stereo views, I began to experiment, and make my own. I still 
make stereo cards from all my 3D work, because it allows people to 
easily enjoy the picture in 2D while waiting to see it in 3D. I am not 
sure I could ever be convinced to dive back to the 19th century stuff, 
when I can make good, crisp color pairs today. Just an opinion... 

Dan Shelley - Colorado - dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx


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