Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1350

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The "two strip Technicolor camera" examples the 
> ability to get "normal" color from two "anaglyph" filters (although they 
> used dichroics). ALL of mine look normal.
> 
> Bob H., What where some of the films shot with this camera (not counting 
> Mary Poppins)?

I'm not sure how the "two strip Technicolor camera" got into a discussion of
anaglyph. In the '50s the 3D cameras were largely re-configured three-strip
Technicolor cameras which shot two rolls, each for one of the stereo pair. But
although some of the '50s 3D movies were later CONVERTED to anaglyph for
re-releases, they were not filmed through colored filters to create anaglyphs at
the outset--they were all released originally as polaroid 3D. Even the few nudie
films that featured anaglyph sequences created the coloration in the printing,
not in the shooting. And the camera used to shoot Mary Poppins was outfitted
with a second roll of film that reacted to a special sodium background light and
created a travelling matte "on the fly" for special effects. It had nothing to
do with anaglyph. As Dr. T pointed out, anaglyph is a rather handy,
easy-to-deliver PRESENTATION tool, but other than a few experimenters (and
despite his apparent offense at being included in that category, I consider Mr.
Carter's unique lens an experiment) there aren't too many people trying to
actually create anaglyph images at the shooting stage.


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