I'm back!!!!

[P3D Patrick Boeckstijns <pboeckst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So,
I'm back from Chicago and I've had a really good time.(the weather really
sucked though!)

1) My friends took me to see "Wings of courage" at the Navy Pier IMAX.
It works with these helmets using LCD technology. Very impressive. Then you
realize what GOOD 3D can contribute to the film medium. The only anoying
thing was having objects or people too "close", so my eyes "jerked" a few
times switching from foreground to background and vice versa, trying to
focus. Very unpleasant. I've seen 3D cinema a few times in the past but
allways under poor
projection conditions and this was truly a revelation.(and the dog was soooo
cute :-)).

2) The shutter-jammed TDC VIVID my friends found for me for 68 US: I managed
to repair it myself. Don't ask me how I did it but it works fine now. Except
for :
-It has a small light leak (like Tim Smith's).
-One immage is slightly brighter than the other allthough both diaphragm
seem to be "in synch". Maybe some 10th of millimeters make a difference.
Looking at them in a vieuwer one can't se the problem. Pehaps we should call
it "Lightmaster" like the "Stereo Graphic" with it's lenses at different
focus was called dephtmaster. :-)
-Can anyone tell me how they use an electronic flash on the VIVID. Just like
Tim i'd like to find an adaptor to make the camera work on a standard flash.

3) And last but not least..... I met our 3D-HERO : The one and only Dr. T.
who is not only a 3D authority but a trully, totally, absolutely charming
person.(Am I overdooing it George ?);-) I'm glad, although we only spoke
briefly, I met him. He actually accepted to make time for me while traveling
around with his family. Thanks George !  
Patrick.

  
 
P. BOECKSTIJNS
VUB Service for Foreign Students
Pleinlaan 1         1050 BRUSSEL
BELGIE
Tel. 32 2 6292309
Fax. 32 2 6292362


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